Photographic postcard of Pullman Porter, T.R. Joseph
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1930s
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: T.R. Joseph, American
notes: label: Description
content: Black-and-white photographic postcard that was never stamped and mailed but has written in pencil on the back the name "T.R. Joseph". The image on the postcard is of Pullman Porter, T.R. Joseph standing in a photography studio with a painted backdrop of a theater curtain behind him. He is dressed in a full Pullman Porter uniform, complete with Pullman Porter hat, with his left hand on his hip and his right hand resting on an ornate metal chair.
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
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2012.46.75.7
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: photographic postcards
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 photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (14 x 8.9 cm)