Coleman’s Hotel - Colored - Special Attention to Tourists - Ashland, Virginia

Title: Coleman’s Hotel - Colored - Special Attention to Tourists - Ashland, Virginia

Creator: Coleman’s Hotel

Date: 1920, 1930

Source: African Americana Collection, L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union University, Richmond, VA

Publisher: Ashland, Virginia: Herald-Progress Print

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Description: The Coleman Hotel in Ashland, VA was built by an African-American couple, Mildred and John Coleman, in 1925-1926, who were proprietors of the hotel until 1938 when it was sold to the trustees of the South Anna Lodge No. 874 Of the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World. During the Jim Crow period, black-owned businesses placed signs in their windows to help African-American travelers find lodging without incident.

Subject: Advertising -- Hotels -- Posters; African Americans -- Segregation -- Virginia -- History -- 20th century

Contributor: L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union University

Language: Eng

Type: Poster

Identifier: Acc.2018.003.01