Pullman Conductor's Cap
date: label: date made
content: ca 1950
name: label: maker
content: E. L. Peterson Company
notes: label: Description
content: This cap is black with a stiff crown, flat circular top and a short visor. A gold braid stretches across the top of the brim and is attached around a brass buttons on each side of the hat. A badge stamped with Pullman Conductor is attached to the front of the cap. The Pullman Conductor had overall charge of the Pullman services for the passengers. The Pullman Co. built, owned and managed almost all sleeping cars on US railroads, from the `1870s until the 1960s.
label: Description
content: This cap was never worn in active Pullman service.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Arthur D. Dubin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0327.01
label: accession number
content: 1981.0327
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0327.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cap, pullman conductor's
label: Other Terms
content: cap, pullman conductor's; Rail
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 8 in x 10 in; 12.7 cm x 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm