<I>Dinner Is Served in the Dining Car</I>
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
notes: label: Description
content: A gelatin silver print depicting a black and white image of a segregated train’s dining car with white seated passengers eating. The passengers are dressed formally and the tables have tablecloths and flowers on them. Two Pullman Porters wearing white jackets are standing in the middle of the car on either side of the center aisle. Below the photograph in black type at the bottom left corner is “15.” Black type below the photograph at bottom center reads “Dinner Is Served in the Dining Car.” The back of the photograph is blank.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Photography
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: Photographs and Still Images
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: 2014.63.63.36
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
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: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 7 3/16 × 10 3/16 in. (18.2 × 25.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 8 1/2 × 11 1/16 in. (21.6 × 28.1 cm)