Standard Trainman, Conductor and Porter's Cap
notes: label: Description
content: This generic railroad cap is black with a stiff crown, flat circular top and a short visor. The cap's basic shape, similar to the French kepi, was used for passenger train conductors, passenger train brakemen (also termed "trainmen"), Pullman porters (in the ten decades before Amtrak), "Red Caps" (who help travelers with their luggage at stations), and - in the 19th century and first half of the 20th - stationmasters and station agents. Hat badges and other decoration could be added to signify the wearer's position and railroad.
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: 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.334516
label: catalog number
content: 334516
label: accession number
content: 309861
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cap, conductor/trainman/porter
label: Object Name
content: cap
label: Other Terms
content: cap, conductor/trainman/porter; Rail