Mark's Tourist Home and Cabins

Did you know?

• This entry was listed as an advertisement from 1959-1962. Afterwards, this entry appears as a single line in the Green Book: 
  • 1959: Listed with an advertisement for the Green Book entry: “Marks’ Tourist Home and Cabins, ‘A Home When You Are Away from Home,’ Clean, Attractive Rooms and Cabins, Excellent Meals Served to Order, Pleasant Surroundings, Phone JA 3-6092, George Marks, Prop., 105 W. South St. (Cor. So. Queen).”¹
  • 1960-1962: Listed with an advertisement for the Green Book entry: “Phone JA 3-6092, George Marks, Prop., Marks’ Tourist Home and Cabins, ‘A Home When You Are Away From Home,’ Clean, Attractive Rooms and Cabins--Excellent Meals Served to Order, Pleasant Surroundings, 105 W. South Street (Cor. So. Queen).”²
  • 1963-1967: Listed as “Mark’s Tourist Home & Cabins----105 W. South St.” in Kinston.³

¹ Alma D. Green, The Negro Traveler’s Green Book (New York: Victor H. Green & Company, 1959), p. 51.

² Alma D. Green, The Travelers’ Green Book: Guide for Travel & Vacations (New York: Victor H. Green & Company, 1960), p. 73; Alma D. Green, The Travelers’ Green Book: Guide for Travel & Vacations (New York: Victor H. Green & Company, 1961), p. 69; Alma D. Green, Green Book: Guide for Travel and Vacations (New York: Victor H. Green & Company, 1962), p. 74.

³ L. A. Waller & Melvin Tapley, Travelers’ Green Book, International Edition (New York: Victor H. Green & Company, 1963-1964), p. 58; L.A. Waller & Melvin Tapeley, Travelers’ Green Book, International Edition (New York: Victor H. Green & Company, 1966-1967), p. 58.