Folding corkscrew and bottle opener carried by Pullman Porter Robert Thomas
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1920
name: 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: Small metal corkscrew and can opener. One side of the corkscrew has "MADE & PAT'D IN THE U.S.A" stamped into the metal. The other side of the corkscrew has "Nifty" imprinted in script. This item was found inside the pockets of a Pullman Porter uniform owned by Robert Jackson Thomas.
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Labor
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, 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: 2012.75.8
objectType: label: Type
content: tools
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
label: Dimensions
content: Closed: 2 5/16 x 11/16 x 5/16 in. (5.9 x 1.7 x 0.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Opened: 2 5/16 x 2 1/16 x 5/16 in. (5.9 x 5.2 x 0.8 cm)