Train car sign from the Pullman Company used by Thomas McCord
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Object Details
- Created by
- Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
- Subject of
- Thomas McCord, American, 1886 - 1967
- Description
- A train car sign from the Pullman Company. The sign has a dark navy background with off-white and black type that reads: [THIS CAR IS SERVED BY / T. McCORD / PORTER / THE PULLMAN COMPANY].
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kenneth Victor Young in memory of Thomas McCord, Louisville, Kentucky
- ca. 1943
- Object number
- 2010.31.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- information signs
- Medium
- cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 x 5 in. (7.6 x 12.7 cm)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Exhibition
- Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Associations and institutions
- Labor
- Professional organizations
- Pullman Porters
- Transportation
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2010.31.8
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f1158e80-2899-4aa1-bd15-a7a10d82bfc7
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