Flashlight used by the Pullman Palace Car Company
date: label: Date
content: 1930-1960
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Bridgeport Metal Goods, American, 1909 - 2001
label: Commissioned by
content: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
notes: label: Description
content: A black plastic and silver colored metal flashlight. “PULLMAN” is embossed in the plastic behind the control switch. It is highlighted with silver pigment. The settings on the switch are “off,” “flash,” and “on.” The Bridgeport Metal Goods logo is on the tail cap. A metal ring is also attached to the tail cap. The face cap is metal and contains a flat protective glass cover, a concave metal reflector and a bulb.
place: label: Place made
content: Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
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
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: 2014.63.63.4
objectType: label: Type
content: hand lamps
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, plastic, glass
label: Dimensions
content: 2 1/16 × 2 1/16 × 6 7/8 in. (5.2 × 5.2 × 17.5 cm)