Uniform cap owned by Pullman Porter Robert Thomas
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Object Details
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Robert Jackson Thomas, American, 1889 - 1929
- Subject of
- Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
- Description
- A Pullman Porter uniform cap owned by Robert Jackson Thomas. The cap has a stiff, black crown and a black plastic visor. Metal buttons are on both sides of the cap where the visor meets the crown. The buttons are silver colored with the word “PULLMAN” on it. An off white corded strap connects both buttons and rests on the visor. A tarnished silver colored plate at the front of the cap has black lettering that reads “PULLMAN / PORTER.” Four black metal grommets are found in the top of the hat. The interior liner is a strip of brown leather sutured together at the seam.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Descendants of Robert and Georgia Thomas, Pulaski, Tenn
- ca. 1920
- Object number
- 2012.75.1.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- caps (headgear)
- livery (uniforms)
- Medium
- cloth, leather, metal, paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 x 8 1/4 x 9 in. (7.6 x 21 x 22.9 cm)
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Clothing-Historical
- 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
- Clothing and dress
- Labor
- Pullman Porters
- Transportation
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2012.75.1.1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58d77d716-fd56-45b2-b544-eef2239ad417
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