Step stool used by the Pullman Palace Car Company
date: label: Date
content: 1922-1969
name: label: Manufactured by
content: American Abrasive Metals Company, American, founded 1911
label: Commissioned by
content: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
notes: label: Description
content: A yellow, metal step stool with an unpainted metal crosshatched top. Imprinted on the side of the stool is "PULLMAN." On the bottom of the stool in raised lettering is the word “ALUMALUN.”
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Pullman Porters
label: Topic
content: Transportation
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
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: 2014.63.63.1
objectType: label: Type
content: step stools
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: metal
label: Dimensions
content: 10 3/8 × 17 3/4 × 20 1/2 in. (26.4 × 45.1 × 52.1 cm)