Balbir Singh LAX Shuttle Driver Permit
date: label: date made
content: 1994
notes: label: Description
content: Balbir Sodhi used this license during his role as a taxi driver in Los Angeles and San Francisco from 1987 to around 2000.
label: Description
content: Escaping the religious persecution of Sikhs in his native India, Balbir Singh Sodhi emigrated to the United States in 1987, hoping to use his university training in mechanical engineering to make a living. Instead, he drove a taxi for thirteen years in Los Angeles and then San Francisco. By 2000 he had saved enough money to open his own gas station in Mesa, Arizona. He did well helping fellow immigrants as they tried to get a start.
label: Description
content: Seven days after terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, Sodhi was shot and killed outside his station, mistaken for an Arab Muslim.
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content: Work and Industry: Asian Pacific American Business
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content: American Enterprise
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content: September 11
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Rana Singh Sodhi
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0255.03
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0255.03
label: accession number
content: 2011.0255
objectType: label: Object Name
content: permit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (clip material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 13/16 in x 4 3/32 in; 7.112 cm x 10.414 cm