<I>Instructions to Porters, Attendants and Maids</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1939
name: label: Commissioned by
content: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
notes: label: Description
content: Brown leather-bound instructions manual created by the Pullman Company. At the top left corner of the cover, imprinted in silver, is a small box with the title: [Instructions / TO / PORTERS / ATTENDANTS / AND MAIDS]. Printed at bottom center of the cover is [THE PULLMAN COMPANY]. The first interior page has pre-printed spaces in black ink: [No.], completed with a stamp in black ink reading [14599]; [ISSUED TO], completed by hand in brown ink reading [RBN Shaners]; and [DISTRICT] completed by the same hand reading[Rich]. The book is center-bound by three brass metal brads. There is a crack in the front cover and wear along the edges of the covers.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Labor
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: Books and Published Materials
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: 2014.63.63.21
objectType: label: Type
content: books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: leather, ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 5 3/4 × 4 × 9/16 in. (14.6 × 10.2 × 1.4 cm)