Jacket for a Pullman porter uniform
date: label: Date
content: 1900-1969
name: label: Manufactured by
content: A. G. Meier & Co., American
label: Commissioned by
content: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
notes: label: Description
content: A dark blue coat (.1) with a Pullman pinback button (.2). The jacket has six, silver colored metal buttons down the front. Each of the round buttons has the word “PULLMAN” embossed on it. There is a flap pocket on the front, right side on the bottom portion of the jacket and a breast pocket on the front, left side. Three gold colored chevrons are sewn onto the left sleeve just above the cuff. The label sewn onto the right interior breast pocket says [A. G. MEIRR & CO. / MANUFACTURERS OF / UNIFORMS / CAPS / 205 W. MONROE ST. / CHICAGO].
label: Description
content: Pinned to the left lapel is a round, pinback button (2014.63.63.31.2) with the Pullman logo at center. The logo features a green train car with the word “PULLMAN” written in yellow. Yellow type above and below train car reads “TRAVEL AND SLEEP / SAFETY AND COMFORT.” “Pullman” is also written on the bottom left.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Pullman Porters
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
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: 2014.63.63.31.1-.2
objectType: label: Type
content: jackets
label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
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: cloth, thread, cotton, metal
label: Dimensions
content: 2014.63.63.31.1 : 30 × 22 × 12 1/2 in. (76.2 × 55.9 × 31.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: 2014.63.63.31.2: 7/8 × 7/8 × 1/4 in. (2.3 × 2.3 × 0.6 cm)