Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Name: Travel guide of Negro hotels and guest houses

Barcode: 50379

Image Number: 50379.0001

Publishing Location: Baltimore

Alternative Title: Afro-American Travel Map

Brief Description: Travel brochure geared toward the emerging African-American middle class. Lists dozens of ads for hotels and entertainment venues by state. One panel urges readers to travel arguing that it is their patriotic duty during wartime because "the better prepared we are with good health and fresh minds the better work we will be able to do."

Physical Description: 1 sheet : map ; 44 x 44 cm folded to 21 x 11 cm

Publisher: Afro-American Newspapers

Date/Date Range Produced: 1942

Language: English

Dimensions: 36 x 25 cm on sheet 44 x 44 cm

Historical Context: Hotels and guest houses east of the Mississippi River listed by state; also includes list of YMCAs across the United States, and map entitled "Afro-American Travel Map" showing United States east of the Mississippi.

LC Call Number: G3706.E1 1942.A4

OCLC: 56899462

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/50379.0001