- On View
- Segregation Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Commissioned by
- Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
- Subject of
- Harris, A. B., American
- Date
- August 1, 1952
- Medium
- leather, ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 6 3/4 x 4 x 1/2 in. (17.1 x 10.2 x 1.3 cm)
- Description
- Black leather-bound instructions manual created by the Pullman Company for its Porters, Attendants and Busboys dated August 1, 1952. At the left corner in silver ink is a small box with the title inside. On the front free endpaper is a fill-in name plate that states in black ink: "A.B. Harris Porter St.Louis".
- Place used
- Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- manuals
- Topic
- Labor
- Pullman Porters
- Segregation
- Transportation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.46.75.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.