Certificate of Annuity issued to Pullman porter Thomas McCord
date: label: Date
content: 1943
name: label: Created by
content: U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, American, founded 1935
label: Received by
content: Thomas McCord, American, 1886 - 1967
notes: label: Description
content: A Certificate of Annuity issued by the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board to Pullman Porter Thomas McCord. The certificate has black type on paper. The type reads: Certificate of Annuity / U.S. RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD / THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT / Thomas McCord / IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE AN ANNUITY UNDER AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT / RRB CLAIM NO. A- 349173]. The certificate is signed at the bottom by the chairman and secretary. There is additional writing on the bottom by hand in ink of a series of numbers.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Professional organizations
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: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kenneth Victor Young in memory of Thomas McCord, Louisville, Kentucky
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.31.7
objectType: label: Type
content: certificates
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: ink on printing paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2 7/8 x 4 in. (7.3 x 10.2 cm)