Conductor's Cap; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
notes: label: Description
content: The cap is black with a flat circular top and a short visor. The attached badge, of metal with red and black enamel, identifies the wearer as a conductor on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad ("the Milwaukee Road"). There are two small buttons on each side with the initials CMStP&P. The cap is made of a mesh fabric on top and sides, which identifies it as a summer cap. The cap is typical of those used on many US railroads in the 1930s through the 1960s. The conductor had—and still has today—overall charge of the train and its management, the safety of its passengers, and the accounting of fares.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Railroads
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: TR.334030
label: catalog number
content: 334030
label: accession number
content: 309861
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cap, conductor's
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (bag material)