Louisville & Nashville Railroad Porter's Cap
name: label: associated institution
content: Louisville and Nashville Railroad
label: maker
content: Becker Tailoring Co.
notes: label: Description
content: The cap is has a stiff crown and flat circular top with a short visor. A black braid stretches across the visor and is attached to the hat by buttons on each side of the hat. It has a badge on the front with the Louisville and Nashville Railroad logo, L&N and the words TRIAN PORTER. On each side is a button with the initials L&N.
label: Description
content: This particular porter's cap was owned by Mr. Henry Taylor, a porter for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad from the 1940s through the 1960s. Mr. Taylor worked aboard the L&N Railroad's coaches on overnight trains, assisting passengers. Sleeping cars assigned to L&N overnight trains were operated by Pullman, and so the porters on those cars worked for Pullman, not for the Louisvile and Nashville Railroad.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
topic: label: Subject
content: Railroads
label: Subject
content: African American
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Henry Taylor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0552.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0552
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0552.01
label: catalog number
content: 85.0552.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cap, porter's
label: Other Terms
content: cap, porter's; Rail