Railroad Cap Badge, Conductor, Utica & Schenectady Railroad
date: label: date made
content: ca 1850
notes: label: Description
content: This silver metal cap badge bears the engraving “U.&S.R.R./CONDUCTOR” filled in with faded black paint. This badge was affixed to the uniform cap of a Utica & Schenectady railroad conductor who served aboard passenger trains. The Utica & Schenectady railroad began service in 1836, becoming a part of the New York Central Railroad in 1853. The conductor was—and is today—the sole on-board supervisor of the whole 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.333734
label: catalog number
content: 333734
label: accession number
content: 304200
objectType: label: Object Name
content: railroad cap badge
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 5 3/4 in; 3.81 cm x 14.605 cm