Railroad Cap Badge, Conductor, Southern Pacific Railroad
date: label: date made
content: ca 1950
notes: label: Description
content: This metal cap badge reads “CONDUCTOR” in skeleton type letters. The badge is plated and has two fastening pins or posts on the back with pin backs attached. The badge identified the wearer as a conductor on the Southern Pacific Railroad. The Southern Pacific Railroad ran throughout the southwest United States, opening in 1865 and operating until 1996 when it was taken over by the Union Pacific Railroad. The conductor was—and is today—the sole on-board supervisor of the train’s crew, responsible for the movement of the train, the safety of passengers, and the security and accounting of cargo on board.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Railroads
label: Subject
content: Travel
label: Subject
content: Adornment
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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.333723
label: catalog number
content: 333723
label: accession number
content: 304341
objectType: label: Object Name
content: railroad cap badge
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 1.27 cm x 8.89 cm