Railroad Cap Badge, Brakeman, used on Western Maryland Railroad
notes: label: Description
content: This chrome-plated metal cap badge bears the engraving “BRAKEMAN” filled with black paint. This badge identified the wearer's crew position on passenger trains. The brakeman’s duties included moving from car to car to trigger the brakes and slow the train around turns or steep grades, dropping cars at stations, lining switches, and signaling crew members about train operations.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Maryland, Hagerstown
topic: label: Subject
content: Railroads
label: Subject
content: Adornment
label: Subject
content: Travel
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Work
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content: Transportation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0107.33
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0107.33
label: accession number
content: 1996.0107
objectType: label: Object Name
content: railroad cap badge
label: Other Terms
content: railroad cap badge; Railroad
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 3/4 in x 3 5/8 in; 1.905 cm x 9.2075 cm