Train car sign from the Pullman Company used by Thomas McCord

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On View
Segregation Gallery
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Objects in this Location
Exhibition
Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
Created by
Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
Subject of
McCord, Thomas, American, 1886 - 1967
Date
ca. 1943
Medium
cardboard
Dimensions
H x W: 3 x 5 in. (7.6 x 12.7 cm)
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].
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Type
information signs
Topic
Associations and institutions
Labor
Professional organizations
Pullman Porters
Transportation
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
Object number
2010.31.8
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
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GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f1158e80-2899-4aa1-bd15-a7a10d82bfc7

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