Towel used by the Pullman Company

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Created by: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969

Date: 1940

Medium: cotton
Dimensions: H x W: 16 1/8 x 25 in. (41 x 63.5 cm)

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".

Classification: Textiles; Tools and Equipment-Occupational

Type: towels

Topic: Labor; Pullman Porters; Segregation; Transportation

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

Object number: 2012.46.75.3

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

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Towel used by the Pullman Company