The Negro Travelers' Green Book

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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.

A white, small 8vo, staple-bound booklet titled “The Negro Travelers’ Green Book” by Victor H. Green, with 84 pages of text, illustrations, and photographs. The front cover is an original pictorial wrapper showing Union Station in Washington, D.C., printed in a green tint. On the cover, the title, printed in two lines with two different fonts, appears at the top: [The Negro Travelers’ / Green Book]. At the bottom left corner within a green lined textbox is [Carry Your / Green Book / With You / You May / Need it.]. To the bottom left is black text reading [PRESENTED WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF / JAMES A. JACKSON and WENDELL P. ALSTON / THE ESSO MEN / THE ESSO BUILDING / 15 WEST 51STST. NEW YORK 19 N. Y.] The back cover is bordered at the top and bottom of the page.

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