Uniform cap owned by Pullman Porter Robert Thomas
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1920
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Robert Jackson Thomas, American, 1889 - 1929
label: Subject of
content: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
notes: label: Description
content: A Pullman Porter uniform cap owned by Robert Jackson Thomas. The cap has a stiff, black crown and a black plastic visor. Metal buttons are on both sides of the cap where the visor meets the crown. The buttons are silver colored with the word “PULLMAN” on it. An off white corded strap connects both buttons and rests on the visor. A tarnished silver colored plate at the front of the cap has black lettering that reads “PULLMAN / PORTER.” Four black metal grommets are found in the top of the hat. The interior liner is a strip of brown leather sutured together at the seam.
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Labor
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: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Descendants of Robert and Georgia Thomas, Pulaski, Tenn
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.75.1.1
objectType: label: Type
content: caps (headgear)
label: Type
content: livery (uniforms)
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, leather, metal, paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3 x 8 1/4 x 9 in. (7.6 x 21 x 22.9 cm)