- 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.