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- Objects in this Location
- Manufactured by
- Wanamaker & Brown, American, 1861 - 1986
- Owned by
- Thomas, Robert Jackson, American, 1889 - 1929
- Subject of
- Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
- Date
- ca. 1920
- Medium
- wool, metal, plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W: 32 x 22 in. (81.3 x 55.9 cm)
- On Form: 30 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 13 in. (77.5 x 62.2 x 33 cm)
- With Pants on Form: 65 x 24 1/2 x 14 in. (165.1 x 62.2 x 35.6 cm)
- Description
- A Pullman Porter uniform jacket owned by Robert Jackson Thomas. The jacket is made from a heavy wool-like material with a two inch collar and lined with a lighter black textured fabric. There are six metal outer buttons stamped with "PULLMAN" and six inner navy plastic buttons running down the opening of the coat. Each sleeve has two buttons on the cuff and a small square textile design on the wrist. The outside of the jacket has single-welt pockets on the left breast, on the right hip, and in the interior liner of the right breast. A sewn label directly under the interior pocket reads “Wanamaker & Brown / Philadelphia” in yellow thread on black fabric.
- Place made
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Clothing-Historical
- Type
- livery (uniforms)
- Topic
- Clothing and dress
- Labor
- Transportation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Descendants of Robert and Georgia Thomas, Pulaski, Tenn
- Object number
- 2012.75.1.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.