Cap for a sleeping car porter
date: label: Date
content: 1920s - 1970s
name: label: Issued by
content: Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad, American, 1847 - 1980
label: Subject of
content: Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, American, 1925 - 1978
notes: label: Description
content: Off-white colored circular cap with bill. Dark braid trim with gold buttons stamped "CMStP" along front and side. At front, a bronze tag reads, "SLEEPING CAR PORTER."
place: label: Place collected
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Segregation
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Patricia Heaston
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2008.15.1
objectType: label: Type
content: caps (headgear)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: leather, plastic, metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 10 in. (8.9 x 19.1 x 25.4 cm)