Identification tag for Pullman Porter T.R. Joseph: Museum Object and Cultural History
Identification tag for Pullman Porter T.R. Joseph: Date: ca. 1940. Created by: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969. Subject of: T.R. Joseph, American.
The object in the museum catalogue
A small, rectangular photo identification tag issued by the Pullman Company to T.R. Joseph. The photograph is a black-and-white portrait of Joseph wearing a blazer and a white shirt with "6225" superimposed on top of the photograph. Printed on the back of the tag is T. R. Joseph’s age (36), height, weight, eye and hair color. Below this information is T. R. Joseph’s signature and "CC-6225." At the bottom of the back of the tag is a line for a Signature of Company Officer with an illegible signature.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1940
- Created by: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
- Subject of: T.R. Joseph, American
- Type: identification tags
- Medium: cellulose nitrate and metal
- Dimensions: 2 1/8 x 1 5/8 x 1/2 in. (5.4 x 4.1 x 1.3 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Labor
- Topic: Pullman Porters
- Topic: Segregation
- Topic: Transportation
- Object number: 2012.46.75.9
- 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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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: No Known Copyright Restrictions Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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