Segregated Waiting Room

Brentwood Depot in (Washington County) with a waiting-room sign for “White Passengers” (see insert); 1894. (Left to right): Will I. Patterson and Willie Barron.

white man and little girl stand in entrance of wooden building. photo inset of white man's face in front of sign "Waiting Room for White Passengers"

Courtesy of the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History/Mrs. L. Fine Collection (S-97-115)

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