Platform step stool used by Pullman Palace Car Company

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On View: Segregation Gallery; Museum Maps; Objects in this Location

Exhibition: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968

Manufactured by: Unidentified
Commissioned by: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969

Date: 1910-1950

Medium: paint on metal
Dimensions: 10 x 21 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. (25.4 x 54 x 46.4 cm)

Description: A yellow, metal step stool with an unpainted metal crosshatched top. The bottom of the stool has two hand-holds on either side, while the other two sides do not. Etched on one the side of the stool, below a hand hold, is the word "PULLMAN."

Classification: Tools and Equipment

Topic: Labor; Pullman Porters; Segregation; Transportation

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2012.46.75.1

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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Platform step stool used by Pullman Palace Car Company