Lou's

Green Book Entry/Entries
Lou’s---830 Red Cross St.
Lou’s---820 Red Cross St.
McCleese---9th & Red Cross Sts.
Green Book Category
Beauty Parlors
Years Listed
1947-1955
Region
Tidewater
County
New Hanover

Did you know?

  • Entry listed in various ways in different Green Book editions: 
    • 1947: Listed as “Lou’s--830 Red Cross St.” under the “Beauty Parlors” section in Wilmington.1
    • 1948-1955: Listed as “Lou’s--820 Red Cross St.” under the “Beauty Parlors” section in Wilmington.2
    • 1949-1955: Listed as “McCleese--9th & Red Cross Sts.” under “Beauty Parlors” in Wilmington.3

 

1 Victor H. Green, The Negro Motorist Green Book: A Classified Motorist & Tourist’s Guide Covering the United States (Leonia, New Jersey: Victor H. Green & Company, 1947), p. 66.

2 Victor H. Green, The Negro Motorist Green Book: A Classified Motorist & Tourist Guide Covering the United States & Alaska (New York: Victor H. Green & Company, 1948), p. 63; Green, The Negro Motorist Green Book: An International Travel Guide (New York: Victor Green & Company, 1949), p. 57; Green, The Negro Motorist Green Book: An International Travel Guide (Leonia, New Jersey: Victor H. Green & Company, 1950), p. 64; Green, The Negro Motorist Green Book: An International Travel Guide, Railroad Edition (Leonia, New Jersey: Victor H. Green & Company, 1951), p. 55; Green, The Negro Travelers Green Book (Leonia, New Jersey: Victor H. Green & Company, 1952), p. 55; Green, The Negro Travelers Green Book, Airline Edition (Leonia, New Jersey: Victor H. Green & Company, 1953), p. 55; Green, The Negro Traveler’s Green Book: The Guide to Travel and Vacations (New York: Victor H. Green & Company, 1954), p. 54; Green, The Negro Travelers’ Green Book: The Guide to Travel and Vacations (New York: Victor H. Green & Company, 1955), p. 54.

3 Victor H. Green, The Negro Motorist Green Book: An International Travel Guide (New York: Victor Green & Company, 1949), p. 58; Green, The Negro Motorist Green Book: An International Travel Guide (Leonia, New Jersey: Victor H. Green & Company, 1950), p. 64; Green, The Negro Motorist Green Book: An International Travel Guide, Railroad Edition (Leonia, New Jersey: Victor H. Green & Company, 1951), p. 55; Green, The Negro Travelers Green Book (Leonia, New Jersey: Victor H. Green & Company, 1952), p. 55; Green, The Negro Travelers Green Book, Airline Edition (Leonia, New Jersey: Victor H. Green & Company, 1953), p. 55; Green, The Negro Traveler’s Green Book: The Guide to Travel and Vacations (New York: Victor H. Green & Company, 1954), p. 54; Green, The Negro Travelers’ Green Book: The Guide to Travel and Vacations (New York: Victor H. Green & Company, 1955), p. 54.

Advertisement, Cape Fear Journal, 1942

Advertisement, Cape Fear Journal, 1942

Advertisement, Cape Fear Journal, 1942Courtesy Cape Fear Museum of History and Science, Wilmington, NC
Advertisement, Omega Psi Phi Annual Sixth District Conference Program, 1938

Advertisement, Omega Psi Phi Annual Sixth District Conference Program, 1938

Advertisement, Omega Psi Phi Annual Sixth District Conference Program, 1938Courtesy Cape Fear Museum of History and Science, Wilmington, NC