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Colored American directory
Title
Colored American directory.
Published
Oakland, Calif. : Tilghman Printing Co., 1915.
Physical Description
72 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 23 cm
Local Notes
BEIN Zc72 915cy: Original wrappers.
Notes
"A native of San Francisco, California. Charles F. Tilghman, Jr., 18 years of age, editor and publisher"--Captions above a below portrait of Tilgman on verso of page 1.
"Colored population of Bay cities"--Page 6.
"Colored business index"--Pages 47-48.
Includes advertisements.
Summary
First African-American directory in the San Francisco Bay Area. Includes demographic statistics of African-Americans and lists the names and addresses of African-American residences and businesses in Oakland, San Francisco, Berkeley, Richmond, Emeryville and Piedmont.
Variant and related titles
Title on page 1: California welcomes the world
Cover title: Colored American directory of the Bay cities
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 08, 2015
Subjects
Genre/Form
Directories.
Advertisements.
Directories.
Also listed under
Tilghman Printing Co., publisher.
United States California Oakland.
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