Promotional photograph from the film Journey By Train
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Object Details
- Created by
- Text Film Corp., American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Description
- Silver gelatin print from a series of original photographs taken during the production of the 1935 educational short film, "A Journey by Train", produced by the Text Film Corp., Hollywood, CA. This print depicts two African American porters, one in a porter uniform with dark slacks and dark coat and porter cap, while the other is wearing dark slacks and white coat and porter cap. The porter in the all dark uniform is speaking with a family of four: mother, father, and two children, one boy and one girl. They are all standing outside of a train car. The front left corner contains an idenification tag within the photograph that reads "A JOURNEY BY TRAIN copyright by TEXT FILM CORP. HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. 101-33".
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- ca. 1935
- Object number
- 2012.46.75.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 x 9 5/8 in. (20.3 x 24.4 cm)
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Labor
- Photography
- Pullman Porters
- Segregation
- Transportation
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2012.46.75.11
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd578b86e19-f464-4bf3-a457-bc293f3168e8
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