<I>Epic Peters, Pullman Porter</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1930
name: label: Written by
content: Octavus Roy Cohen, American, 1891 - 1959
label: Published by
content: D. Appleton and Company, American, founded 1831
notes: label: Description
content: A hardcover book titled Epic Peters, Pullman Porter, written by Octavius Roy Cohen and published by D. Appleton and Company in 1930. The paper book jacket is orange, cream, and black. The front features an illustration of a caricatured porter holding a large, orange suitcase with the author’s name on it. Orange, black, and white type on the front cover reads [EPIC PETERS, / PULLMAN / PORTER / BY / OCTAVUS / ROY / COHEN]. The front free endpaper has a handwritten inscription in blue ink. The inscription reads [Season Greetings / To Una Mae / From [illegible] / December 25 – 1933]. There is a printed summary on the interior jacket flap, which reads in part [Epic Peters is the summation of all that whisk-broom wielding tribe that answers to the name of '"Gawge," and every mortal who ever washed train soot out of his eyes, or did gymnastics in a lower berth will howl with delight over Peter's rich conversations.].
label: Statement
content: Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Pullman Porters
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
label: Topic
content: Transportation
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Racist and Stereotypical Objects
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.63.63.25
objectType: label: Type
content: books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Octavus Roy Cohen
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: 7 11/16 × 5 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (19.5 × 13.3 × 3.5 cm)