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Smith's tourist guide of necessary information for businessman, tourist, traveler and vacationist

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Title
Smith's tourist guide of necessary information for businessman, tourist, traveler and vacationist
Additional title: Smith's tourist guide
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1940
Place: Media, Pa.
Publisher: Smith's Touring Club
Edition: 2nd ed.
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc 388-S (Smith's tourist guide)
Topics
African Americans -- Travel
Hotels -- United States
United States -- Guidebooks
Canada -- Guidebooks
Mexico -- Guidebooks
African Americans -- Recreation
Genres
Guidebooks
Directories
Notes
Content: Description based on: 1940.
Statement of responsibility: "Published by Smith's Touring Club yearly, the first of April."
Physical Description
Extent: V. : ill., maps. ; 20 cm.
Description
This travel guide is related to NYPL's collection of The Green Book, an annual guidebook published from the 1930s through the 1960s that listed hotels, restaurants, bars, and other establishments that were safe and welcoming for African-American travelers. The Green Books have also been digitized and are available online at NYPL's Digital Collections site.
Type of Resource
Text
Still image
Cartographic
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG95-S2719
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12089300
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e20bf5b0-c01a-0136-7fe0-000bde94fce8
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1940: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Smith's tourist guide of necessary information for businessman, tourist, traveler and vacationist" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/caedec20-7f0c-0137-4955-116fc6cad1b3

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Smith's tourist guide of necessary information for businessman, tourist, traveler and vacationist" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/caedec20-7f0c-0137-4955-116fc6cad1b3

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1940). Smith's tourist guide of necessary information for businessman, tourist, traveler and vacationist Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/caedec20-7f0c-0137-4955-116fc6cad1b3

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Smith's tourist guide of necessary information for businessman, tourist, traveler and vacationist