Towel used by the Pullman Company
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Object Details
- Created by
- Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
- Description
- White cotton with a small basket weave patterned rectangular Pullman Company towel. At the center of the towel is a blue fabric band with a small curved line decorative stitched boarder. Stitched in white thread at the center of the blue band is: "PROPERTY OF THE PULLMAN COMPANY 1940".
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1940
- Object number
- 2012.46.75.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- towels
- Medium
- cotton
- Dimensions
- H x W: 16 1/8 x 25 in. (41 x 63.5 cm)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Textiles
- Tools and Equipment-Occupational
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Labor
- Pullman Porters
- Segregation
- Transportation
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2012.46.75.3
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f80f7f50-7334-4370-8722-359bf0b4464c
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