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Green Book 3 The MD l INTRODUCTION 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 give the Negro traveler informa- There are thousands of first class tion that will keep him from running business places that we don’t know ‘into difficulties, embarrassments and about and can’t list. which would be to make his trips more enjoyable. glad to serve the traveler, but it is hard to secure listings of these places The Jewish press has long pub-' since we can’t secure enough agents lished information about places that to send us the information. Each year are restricted and there are numer- before we go to press the new infor- ous publications that give the gentile mation is included in the new edition. whites all kinds of information. But during these long years of discrim- When you are traveling please 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 are'still published, but the majority their place of business, as they can see that are If have gone out of business for various you strangers. they ask reasons. haven’t heard about this guide, them to get in touch with us so that Book was . In the Green only 1936 we might list their place. 'a local publication for Metropolitan If this guide has proved useful to 'New York, the response for copies you on your trips, let us know. If not, was so great it was turned into a tell us also as we appreciate your national issue in 1937 to cover the criticisms and ideas in the improve- United States. This guide while lack-g ' ment of this guide from which you in many respects was accepted by ing benefit. thousands of travelers. Through the will be a sometime in courtesy of the United States Travel There day Bureau of which Mr. Chas. A. R. the near future when this guide will That is McDowell was the collaborator on not have to be published. we as a race will have “Negro Affairs, more valuable infor- when equal in the mation was secured. With the two opportunities and privileges ' working together, this guide contained United States. It will be a great the best ideas for the Negro traveler. day for us to suspend this publica- tion for then we can wherever (Year after year it grew until 1941 go ”“PM” one of New York’s great white we please, and without embarrass- ment. But until that time comes we newspapers found out about it. Wrote to this infor- an article about the guide and praised shall continue .publish it highly. 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New Mexico Los Angeles, Sightseeing in New York North Carolina Vacation Section Photo Credits Oklahoma Cover—Pennsylvania Railroad Oregon Page 3—Rock Island Lines Pacific Pennsylvania Page 4-Southern Company Page 5—Northern Pacific Railway Rhode Island Page 5—Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific South Carolina Railroad South Dakota Page 6—Great Northern Railway 7—Seaboard Air Line Railroad Tennessee Page Company Page 8—Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Rail travel has been the standard More than 13,000 passenger trains bearer of travel for years, not only are run by the railroads of the United in Europe, but in the United States States every day. These trains go also. The United States has the most more than a million miles each day, extensive rail system and the best fa— and carry about one and a half mil— cilities for traveling than any country, lion passengers who travel a total of hence it has always been the travelers a hundred million miles. first thought, until the event of the This is only a part of the story of bus and the airplane. railroad passenger travel, for the per- We in collaboration with the Asso- son who makes a trip by rail gets ciation of American Railroads, here- much more than just transportation. with present to our readers the things Today, every train ticket includes un- that go to make the American Rail- surpassed comfort, safety, dependa— roads so much superior to the other bility and convenience. railroads of the world. The railroad passenger is more He will note the improvements for comfortable for many reasons, but his comfort, with safety and conven- behind it all is the vast program of ience, with a source of knowing that improvement of all parts of the rail- the railroad is one of the safest mode road plant which has cost more than of travel, which will give him the in- four billion dollars since the end of centive to use the railroads more often. the war. As a result of this program, Day-Night Coach “Golden State” 3 daily full ”sky- of in previous feather 1949, the and unit off features 10, train triple July hours heating car, three chair-car zone cuts The it refreshment Inaugurated fares."Davlights," tavern Oregon.Oregon, other a coach the Lake, Portland,former of carries Odell and than also at windows lower Francisco fares oversizestrea‘mlinerobservation. San the streamliner, at parlor already cars, cities, the and Pacific’sbetween two chair cars, run than the nine Southern scenic larger to mile between third shop-kitchen one addition 718 In DAYLIGHT, the schedule on windows” doors. diner—coffee SHASTA service speediest view touch length ceilings and with rose upholstery and carpets. Seating facilities in the new coaches offer all the comfort that improved design can give them. Reclining seats With adjustable footrests invite relaxa- tion, and many seats can be swung around to provide a clear, unobstructed View of the countryside through wide Windows. Coach lounges are larger and more luxurious, and have comfortable chairs, large mirrors and additional wash basins. Electro-pneumatic devices cause doors to open at the touch of a finger and remain open until the traveler has passed. - Public address systems carry an— nouncements, musm and radio pro— grams of 1nterest through many trains. Spaciousness is the keynote of new Individual reading lights may be beamed coaches. This greater space for each directly to each seat in Northern Pacific’s passenger is reflected in such things new streamlined coaches now in service on as more leg room between seats and the North Coast Limited. about 3,700 new passenger—train cars have been installed, and these are im— proved in almost every way over those in use even a decade ago. These cars, along with the other modern cars in service and those be— ing continually installed, go a long way in making rail travel more com— fortable and convenient than ever be— fore. Whether the trip be in a coach or a sleeping car, every effort has been made to assure a more pleasant journey. Fluorescent lighting bathes the in- terior of these new cars With glare- less, even light, and many cars fea- ture individually controlled lights. Careful attention has been given to interior decoration of cars, and they restful have color combinations such CLUB DINER "LA FIESTA” on Rock as blue, grey and ivory walls and Island’s streamliner The Golden State. Indians Blackfeet the from stems serves. Builder streamliner Empire the the of which car region the of part observation-lounge of 27—seat the inhabitants of motif generations The for W the greater proportion of total space sleeping car include roomettes which with allocated for such purposes as lounge provide complete privacy for one, at rooms and lavatories and dining, club, a bed which lowers from the wall observation and other special purpose the twist of a handle and which folds cars.