Photograph of Pullman porters with Dale Wimbrow and an unidentified woman: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Pullman porters with Dale Wimbrow and an unidentified woman: Date: 1920-1950. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white photograph of Dale Wimbrow and an unidentified woman, both seated on a cart, with several uniformed Pullman porters next to a train. A bag sitting on the ground in front of the woman has a large sticker on it that reads “DALE WIMBROW / COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM.” Trains and other railyard workers are in the background. The print is stamped on the back with "DO NOT / COPY" in black ink.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1920-1950
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
- Subject of: Dale Wimbrow, American, 1895 - 1954
- Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
- Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (image): 7 5/8 × 9 11/16 in. (19.3 × 24.6 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 8 × 10 1/8 in. (20.3 × 25.7 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Labor
- Topic: Music
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Pullman Porters
- Topic: Radio
- Object number: 2014.63.63.35
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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