Key tool carried by Pullman Porter Robert Thomas
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1920
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
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: A metal key believed to be used for opening an overhead bed and/or cabinet in a sleeper car. The metal key is in the shape of a lower case "t" and has a bend in the middle. The key has a round shaft with two handles on each side. Directly before the handles is a bend in the shaft. One side of the key is open with a square opening. The other side of the key is thicker has a standard screw like opening.
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Labor
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, 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: 2012.75.3
objectType: label: Type
content: keys (hardware)
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: H x W x D: 1 15/16 × 3 3/4 × 6 3/8 in. (4.9 × 9.5 × 16.2 cm)