Identification card issued to Pullman porter Thomas McCord
date: label: Date
content: May 28, 1943
name: label: Created by
content: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Thomas McCord, American, 1886 - 1967
notes: label: Description
content: A Pullman Company identification card issued to Thomas McCord, Porter. The identification card includes: sex, height, weight, race, hair color, eye color, date of birth, and signature. It also includes McCord’s and the officer of support's signatures. There is a small picture of Thomas McCord in the bottom right corner of the front of the card.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
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
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2010.31.6
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: identity cards
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 and silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (5.7 x 9.5 cm)