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SEGREGATION.)
Colored White.
Wood and metal sign from a trolley
car or bus, 7
1
⁄
2
inches by 3
1
⁄
2
inches, consisting of a rectangular piece of wood, painted
with “white” on one side and “colored” on the other; attached to a piece of metal
that would fit into slot, where it could revolve to face whichever portion of the
vehicle held the segregated people of color.
American South, circa 1930’s to 1940’s
[1,500/2,500]
A rare sign from the period of Jim Crow, segregation in America’s South.