- Collection:
- Selections from the Collections of the Tubman African American Museum, 1800-2012
- Title:
- Colored entrance sign
- Date of Original:
- 1900/1964
- Subject:
- Segregation--United States
African Americans--Segregation
Discrimination in public accommodations
Segregation--Southern States
African Americans--History--1877-1964
Segregation--United States
Biltmore Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.)
African Americans--Segregation
Discrimination in public accommodations--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- information signs
plexiglas
plastics
metals - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Sign.
Entrance sign for African American employees of the Biltmore Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. Developed by William Candler, son of Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler, the Biltmore Hotel in Atlanta operated from 1924 to 1981; this sign marked the entrance for African American employees. It was collected by a twenty-five-year employee, who kept it as a souvenir after the hotel became integrated.
Purchase of the Tubman African American Museum. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:tbmn_sftm_tm07292011-365
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/sftm/do:tm07292011-365
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact the Tubman African American Museum re: reproduction and usage. The information contained in this resource may not be re-purposed, reproduced, quoted without proper citation, or offered for sale in any form without the express written permission of the Tubman African American Museum.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Selections from the Collections of the Tubman African American Museum, 1800-2012, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- Original format : 1 sign : polyacrylate, plastic, and metal ; 18 x 46 cm.
- Holding Institution:
- Tubman African-American Museum
- Rights:
-
