221
220
●
(CIVIL RIGHTS—SEGREGATION.)
For White Passengers—For Colored
Passengers.
Two-sided, stenciled wooden sign, with metal catches on each side for hang-
ing inside a bus or trolley. 16
1
⁄
2
x8
1
⁄
2
inches; some wear and abrading. (WGC)
Deep South, 1950s
[2,000/3,000]
A rare relic from the days segregation in the deep South. Signs like this were hung in buses
throughout the South. They were moveable so that a section could be marked off depending on
the number of passengers, black or white.
221
●
(CIVIL RIGHTS.)
FOR COLORED. FOR WHITES.
Two-sided Dallas Street
Car sign, 9
1
⁄
2
x 4 inches, with a long “L-shaped” piece of metal along the top. Reddish
wood, with painted cream-white lettering; metal bar at the top for placement at different
locations inside the streetcar.
[Texas, circa 1945-1956]
[2,500/3,500]
This sign matches the colors of the old Dallas streetcars, red with cream trim. This is a move-
able sign, with a metal piece which the conductor could place almost anywhere in the streetcar,
depending on the number of whites or blacks on board. But no matter the number, the black
section was always to the rear.
220
219
●
(CIVIL RIGHTS—VOTER REGISTRATION.) CRITCHLOW, ERNEST.
We
Shall Overcome. Register—VOTE.
Color poster, 21
3
⁄
4
x 16
7
⁄
8
inches, linen-backed.
Washington, 1963
[400/600]
