Identification card for Pullman maid Mary Harris: Museum Object and Cultural History
Identification card for Pullman maid Mary Harris: Date: 1931. Distributed by: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969. Signed by: Mary Harris, American, born 1903.
The object in the museum catalogue
A laminated Pullman Company identification card used by Mary Harris. The card is white with black text. Mary Harris’s signature is written vertically on the left side of the card. The Chicago Western District Superintendent's signature is at the bottom of the card. The back of the card has a black and white photograph of Mary Harris.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1931
- Distributed by: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
- Signed by: Mary Harris, American, born 1903
- Subject of: Mary Harris, American, born 1903
- Type: identity cards
- Medium: ink on paper (fiber product) with plastic and metal
- Dimensions: 2 7/16 × 3 11/16 × 1/16 in. (6.2 × 9.4 × 0.2 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Labor
- Topic: Transportation
- Topic: Women
- Object number: 2014.63.63.28
- 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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