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A Directory of Negro Hotels and Guest Houses, 1941

1941

United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

An 18 mimeographed page segregated travel guide, stapled, with original printed blue wrappers produced by the United States Travel Bureau for African Americans traveling inside the United States. The cover reads [UNITED STATES TRAVEL BUREAU / NEGRO HOTELS / AND / GUEST HOUSES / 1941 / UNITED STATES / DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR]. The seal for the Department of the Interior is featured in the center.

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Catalog reference: 2012.46.33

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