Four buttons from a Pullman Porter uniform
date: label: Date
content: early 20th-mid 20th Century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Scovill Mfg. Co., American, 1850 - 1970
label: Subject of
content: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
notes: label: Description
content: Four (4) round, silver colored Pullman Porter buttons that may have originally been sewn to a Porter uniform. The buttons contain the word "PULLMAN" at the center on the front. The back of the buttons have a small circular piece of metal attached to the center, which was probably used to attach the button to the uniform. Also on the back is the following information: "SCOVILL MFG. CO/WATERBURY".
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Pullman Porters
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Transportation
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
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: 2012.46.75.18a-d
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (fasteners)
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: Diameter: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Depth: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)