Uniform vest owned by Pullman Porter Robert Thomas
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1920
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Robert Jackson Thomas, American, 1889 - 1929
label: Subject of
content: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
notes: label: Description
content: A Pullman Porter uniform vest owned by Robert Jackson Thomas. The vest is dark blue in color with four silver colored buttons inscribed with "Pullman." Four pockets are on the front of the vest.
place: label: Place used
content: 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: Transportation
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 Descendants of Robert and Georgia Thomas, Pulaski, Tenn
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.75.1.3
objectType: label: Type
content: vests (main garments)
label: Type
content: livery (uniforms)
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: wool, metal
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 23 x 16 in. (58.4 x 40.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: On Form: 23 x 15 1/2 x 10 in. (58.4 x 39.4 x 25.4 cm)