(BUSINESS DIRECTORIES) Directory of Negroes in Business Mon

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Sale 2697 - Lot 79

Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(BUSINESS--DIRECTORIES.) Directory of Negroes in Business, Monroe, Louisiana. 4 pages, 6 x 4 inches, on one folding sheet; offsetting to first page, minimal wear. No place: M.W. Prince Hall Grand Lodge, circa 1950s

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A small but otherwise unknown directory from a small city in northern Louisiana. The 46 entries include cleaners, groceries, cafeterias, funeral homes, service stations, shine parlors, physicians, the West Monroe Mattress Factory, and more. None traced at auction, in OCLC, or elsewhere.

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