Museum object · placards (information artifacts)
Placard for a segregated hotel in Ashland, Virginia
after 1930
Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A cardboard placard, black ink printed on off-white background, with the message: [COLEMAN'S HOTEL / COLORED / Special Attention to Tourists / Ashland, Virginia].
- Catalog date
- after 1930
- Recorded places
- Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; American South; Business; Segregation; Travel
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2012.46.32
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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