Instructions to Porters, Attendants, and Busboys
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Object Details
- Commissioned by
- Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
- Subject of
- A. B. Harris, American
- Description
- Black leather-bound instructions manual created by the Pullman Company for its Porters, Attendants and Busboys dated August 1, 1952. At the left corner in silver ink is a small box with the title inside. On the front free endpaper is a fill-in name plate that states in black ink: "A.B. Harris Porter St.Louis".
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- August 1, 1952
- Object number
- 2012.46.75.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- manuals
- Medium
- leather, ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 6 3/4 x 4 x 1/2 in. (17.1 x 10.2 x 1.3 cm)
- Place used
- Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- 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
- Labor
- Pullman Porters
- Segregation
- Transportation
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2012.46.75.5
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55b798c84-cbfc-45f2-986e-6719c5d126c6
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