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Travelguide, 1955

1955

681 5th Avenue, New York City, New York, 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.

This Travelguide booklet from 1955, which catered solely to African American vacationers due to segregation, features an image of African American women in a white convertible car on top of a red background. At the bottom of the booklet is Travelguide's motto: [Vacation & Recreation / Without Humiliation]. The interior consists of 123 pages and has entries Alabama to the Virgin Islands.

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Catalog reference: 2012.24

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