Pullman Porter Key Set
name: label: referenced
content: Louisville and Nashville Railroad
notes: label: Description
content: Donor Henry Taylor used these keys on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N). Taylor served as a porter for the L&N from the 1940s through the 1960s. There are 12 keys of various sizes, including berth keys, locker keys, and car compartment keys. A porter or other railroad crew member needed many keys to unlock storage cabinets in supply rooms and in sleeping cars, to gain entrance to passenger compartments for housekeeping, and to secure equipment in their assigned car.
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Kentucky
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Tennessee
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Ohio
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Henry Taylor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0552.02
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0552.02
label: catalog number
content: 85.0552.02
label: accession number
content: 1985.0552
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Key Set
label: Other Terms
content: Key Set; Rail