<I>Instructions to Porters, Attendants and Busboys</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1952
name: label: Commissioned by
content: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
notes: label: Description
content: Black leather-bound instructions manual created by the Pullman Company. At the top left corner of the cover, imprinted in silver, is a small box with the title printed inside: [Instructions / TO / PORTERS / ATTENDANTS / AND / BUS BOYS]. At bottom center is [THE PULLMAN COMPANY / AUGUST 1, 1952]. The interior title page is printed in black ink on off-white paper: [REGULATIONS / AND / INSTRUCTIONS / P 638] along with spaces for the employee to whom the book was issued to list their name, position, and district. The spaces are blank. The book is center bound by three silver metal brads.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Pullman Porters
label: Topic
content: Transportation
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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: 2014.63.63.20
objectType: label: Type
content: books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: leather, ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 6 13/16 × 4 × 9/16 in. (17.3 × 10.2 × 1.4 cm)