Travel Permit for the US Military Duty Train "Mozart": Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Typed "Mozart" Travel Permit for Hall Johnson issued by Harry R. Swanson, U.S. Civilian Chief of the Travel Branch. The permit allows Hall Johnson to travel on the US Military Duty Train "Mozart" to or from Vienna from September 28th, 1951 to October 8th, 1951. The document is double sided. The front side has Hall Johnson's information, the back side has a list of rules relating to travel on the "Mozart."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1951
• Created by: United States Army Transportation Corps, American, founded 1942
• Subject of: Hall Johnson, American, 1888 - 1970
• Type: permits
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 10 9/16 × 8 1/16 in. (26.8 × 20.5 cm)
• Place used: Vienna, Austria, Europe
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Composers (Musicians)
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Military
• Topic: Transportation
• Object number: TA2013.166.9.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Eugene Thamon Simpson, Representative, Hall Johnson Estate
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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