Train car sign from the Pullman Company used by Thomas McCord
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1943
name: label: Created by
content: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Thomas McCord, American, 1886 - 1967
notes: label: Description
content: A train car sign from the Pullman Company. The sign has a dark navy background with off-white and black type that reads: [THIS CAR IS SERVED BY / T. McCORD / PORTER / THE PULLMAN COMPANY].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Professional organizations
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: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kenneth Victor Young in memory of Thomas McCord, Louisville, Kentucky
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.31.8
objectType: label: Type
content: information signs
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: cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3 x 5 in. (7.6 x 12.7 cm)