Clothes brush used by Pullman porter Percy Davis
date: label: Date
content: 1919-1963
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Commissioned by
content: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Percy Davis, American, 1893 - 1979
notes: label: Description
content: A wood brush with hair bristles. The brush is tan with black hair bristles and is oval shaped. The word “Pullman” is embossed on the back. “Davis” is burned into the back of the brush.
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
label: Classification
content: Accessories and Personal Effects
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: 2014.63.63.7.1
objectType: label: Type
content: clothes brushes
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: wood and hair
label: Dimensions
content: 1 3/8 × 7 3/16 × 1 3/8 in. (3.5 × 18.2 × 3.5 cm)