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Photo collage of NMGB scenes

The Negro Motorist Green Book was created by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in
collaboration with Candacy Taylor and made possible through the generous support of Exxon Mobil Corporation.

Image Credits:

[Travelers in front of a Cadillac]. Lake County Historical Society, Baldwin, Michigan.

[Negro going in colored entrance of movie house on Saturday afternoon, Belzoni, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi], 1939. Marion Post Wolcott. Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-12888.

[Taylor family members at the beach on Martha's Vineyard], 1950s. Ouida F. Taylor. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Gift of Dr. Teletia R. Taylor and descendants of Geraldine A. Taylor. Proprietor, "Taylor's Playfair."

[Side View Outdoor Smiling African American Family Father Mother Two Sons Sitting in Four Door Sedan], 1950s. H. ARMSTRONG ROBERTS/ClassicStock.