Promotional photograph from the film Journey By Train
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1935
name: label: Created by
content: Text Film Corp., American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: Silver gelatin print from a series of original photographs taken during the production of the 1935 educational short film, "A Journey by Train", produced by the Text Film Corp., Hollywood, CA. This print depicts the interior of a train station. Ticketing agent is talking with a family of four: mother, father, and two children, one boy and one girl. There is a sign to his right that reads: "PULLMAN/TRAVEL COMFORT/NEW/PRIVATE SECTIONS ON THIS TRAIN/ASK THE PULLMAN CONDUCTOR". Directly behind the family is an African American porter holding a suitcase in each hand looking at the family. They are all standing outside of a train car. The front left corner contains an idenification tag within the photograph that reads "A JOURNEY BY TRAIN copyright by TEXT FILM CORP. HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. 101-20"
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Pullman Porters
label: Topic
content: Segregation
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: 2012.46.75.12
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: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8 x 9 5/8 in. (20.3 x 24.4 cm)