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1930 NEGRO OCEAN PLAYGROUND. Rare Iron Sign for American "Negro" Beach in Florida. Exposition President o Harvard during theA beautifully preserved cast iron license plate topper dating from the 1930's. The tag would have been purchased by a black visitor to the famed "American Beach." The beach embraced of its segregated nature via its tagline, which was prominently displayed on signs all over the park, a "Negro Ocean Playground." The beach was established on Amelia Island on the Atlantic coast of Florida by A. L. Lewis, President of the African American Insurance Co. in