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The Negro Motorist Green Book, 1949 : When Vacation Pleasures Beckon ESTABLISHED 1936 Swzct fox. THE Negro Motorist GREEN BOOK The Green Book Vacation Guide INTRODUCTION FOR REST — RELAXATION — RECREATION With the introduction of this travel merous business places, including guide in 1936, it has been our idea whites which cater to the Negro trade. to the traveler informa- give Negro There are thousands of first class tion that will keep him from running business places that we don't know into difficulties, embarrassments and Tells you where hundreds about and can't list, which would be of summer re- to make his trips more enjoyable. glad to serve the traveler, but it is sorts are located—Information—Pictures The Jewish press has long pub- hard to secure listings of these places lished information about places that since we can't secure enough agents are restricted and there are numer- to send us the information. Each year ous publications that give the gentile before we go to press the new infor- whites all kinds of information. But mation is included in the new edition. during these long years of discrim- When you are traveling please To help you decide ivhich resort in their ination, before 1936 other guides have mention the Green Book, in order been published for the Negro, some that they might know how you found locality offers you the recreation are still published, but the majority their place of business, as they can you are looking for have gone out of business for various see that you are strangers. If they reasons. haven't heard about this guide, ask them to get in touch with us so that In 1936 the Green Book was only we might list their place. a local publication for Metropolitan New York, the response for copies If this guide has proved useful to was so great it was turned into a you on your trips, let us know. If not, Write today for a FREE COPY national issue in 1937 to cover the tell us also as we appreciate your United States. This guide while lack- criticisms and ideas in the improve- Send 10c to cover cost of handling ing in many respects was accepted by ment of this guide from which you and mailing thousands of travelers. Through the benefit. courtesy of the United States Travel There will be a day sometime in Bureau of which Mr. Chas. A. R. the near future when this guide will McDowell was the collaborator on not have to be published. That is Negro Affairs, more valuable infor- when we as a race will have equal mation was secured. With the two opportunities and privileges in the working together, this guide contained United States. It will be a great VICTOR H. GREEN & CO., Publishers the best ideas for the Negro traveler. day for us to suspend this publica- Year after year it grew until 1941 tion for then we can go wherever 200 "PM" one of New York's great white we please, and without embarrass- WEST 135TH ST. ROOM 215-A newspapers found out about it. Wrote ment. But until that time comes we an article about the guide and praised shall continue to publish this infor- N. NEW YORK, Y. it highly. At the present time the mation for your convenience each guide contains 80 pages and lists nu- year. 1 From the Collections of The Henry INDEX The Green Book 3 PENNSYLVANIA 62 Ford Cars _ 5 RHODE ISLAND -64 Reservation Bureau _ 1 SOUTH CAROLINA -64 ALABAMA _ 8 SOUTH DAKOTA _ 66 ARKANSAS 8 TENNESSEE 66 ARIZONA 10 TEXAS 67 By Wendell P. Alston, Special Representative, Esso Standard Oil Co. CALIFORNIA 10 UTAH 70 COLORADO ., 13 VERMONT 70 CONNECTICUT U VIRGINIA _ 70 Through the ages, men of all races have moved from place to place. DELAWARE _ 14 WASHINGTON STATE 73 Some to seek new lands, others to avoid persecution or intolerance and still DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 15 WEST VIRGINIA 74 others for the sake of adventure. FLORIDA _ 15 WISCONSIN 75 Today, men of all races continue to move and for much the reasons, GEORGIA _ _ 17 WYOMING 75 same though since the days of the foot-traveler and the ox-cart, they travel with IDAHO IS ALASKA 75 much more convenience and comfort and at far greater speed. ILLINOIS IS BERMUDA .....76 What to See in Chicago 19 MEXICO 79 For most travelers, whether they travel in modern high-speed motor cars, ROBBINS, CANADA 79 ILLINOIS 26 streamlined Diesel-powered trains, luxurious ocean liners or globe encircling INDIANA _.28 Arthur Ralph—Advertising Manager planes, there are hotels of all sizes and classes, waiting and competing for IOWA _.29 ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES their patronage. Pleasure resorts in the mountains and at the sea shore beckon KANSAS 30 New Jersey Star Services Co., him. Roadside inns and cabins spot the highways and all are available if he 276 Bloomfield Moniclair, N. KENTUCKY _ 31 Ave., J. has the price. LOUISIANA Mississippi 32 Mrs. Leroy P. Bass, Piney Woods School, For some travelers however, the facilities MAINE 33 Piney Woods, Miss. of many of these places are not available, even though they may have the price, and any traveler to MARYLAND _ 34 West Virginia whom Mrs. A. Pack Hairston, P. O. Box 73, they are not available, is thereby faced with many and sometimes difficult MASSACHUSETTS 34 Clifftop. W. Va. problems. MICHIGAN 36 Subscriptions: Seventy-five cents per copy. MINNESOTA Foreign : One Dollar per copy. 37 The Negro traveler's inconveniences are many and they are increasing MISSISSIPPI 38 Publication Office—Leonia, N. J. Victor H. Green, Editor because today so many more are traveling, individually and in groups. MISSOURI 39 Published yearly by Victor H. Green & Co. West 135th St., MONTANA 42 Advertising' Office—200 This year for the annual convention of the largest Negro organization in Room 215-A, New York City, N. Y. NEBRASKA 42 Copyrighted— 1949 by Victor H. Green. the world, nine special trains in addition to the regularly scheduled trains of NEW JERSEY 43 Manuscripts submitted for publication should a number of railroads were required to transport more than fifty thousand be sent to 200 West 135th St.. Room 215-A. 48 of its members to a mid-western city. Several more thousands made the trip NEW YORK STATE New York 30, N. Y., and must be accompanied NEW YORK CITY 50 by return postage. No liability can be assumed by car and some by plane. for the loss or damage to manuscripts although New York City (Brooklyn) 53 every possible precaution will be taken. Top ranking orchestras and numerous minor ones, concert singers and New York City (Bronx) _ 54 Subscription: Seventy-five cents per copy. various musical organizations are moving over the country in increasing num- LONG ISLAND 54 Advertising: For rates, write to. the publisher. Last forms close on Nov. 1st. We reserve the bers. Touring clubs, like the one in the nation's capital which chartered three STATEN ISLAND 54 right to reject any advertising which in our of the most modern buses of one of the country's largest bus lines for a trip 54 opinion does not conform to our standards. WESTCHESTER to California and Mexico this year, are growing in number. More students NEVADA „ 55 PHDTD CREDITS COVER and teachers and many others in the field of education seeking further training NEW MEXICO 5*5 Westbide Highway, New York City in the country's major centers of learning are traveling. More business men, De Milie Fdto Features NORTH CAROLONA 55 representing increasing Negro enterprises, are traveling from city to city, and OHIO _ 58 Page 6, Ford Motor Corp. more white corporations cognizant of the mounting purchasing power of the Page Bermuda OKLAHOMA _ 61 76-77-7B, Negro consumer, have Negro representatives in the field, a number of whom, The Bermuda Trade Devlope- OREGON 62 ment Board like ourselves, spend half the year traveling. 3 A precedent has been established in The same tailored good looks are the low-priced automotive field by obtained with the other fabrics — a combining handsomeness and beaut> smooth green striped broadcloth and with durability and comfort in the two new adaptations of mohair in a interiors of the 1949 Ford cars. green and maroon stripe and green and gray stripe combination. In proper Ford has broken away from the combination, they complement the new Ford exterior colors as Sea Mist neutral tones which have been tradi- such Green, Birch Gray, Arabian Green tional for mass production automo- and Bayview Blue. biles as designers have turned to tex- tured fabrics popular in fashions and interior decorating. The instrument panel of the new Ford has been Amplified. All instru- Of the three new fabrics, the most ments are combined in a single cluster unusual is a soft gray tweed mixture directly in line with the driver's view. with a blue stripe which gives the Projecting slightly for better visibility, 1949 Ford interiors a freshly tailored the large figures on a telescoped dial look. It has been combined with a indicate speed, fuel level, rate of bat- bolster of blue-gray broadcloth to pro- tery charge and oil pressure. tect the upper section of both front and rear seats. Interior door handles pull up in- stead of down to open the door. This The clock dial has been centered JAMES A. JACKSON (SEATED) AND WENDELL P. ALSTON, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES eliminates the possibility of the car on the panel and placed higher. Night OF THE ESSO MARKETERS IN THEIR NEW YORK OFFICE doors swinging open if the handle instruments glare is eliminated on all should be pressed down accidentally.
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