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Uniform cap for a Pullman Porter by J. Apfelbaum and Company, American, ca. — VisualArtsDB

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Uniform cap for a Pullman Porter

Uniform cap for a Pullman Porter

Uniform cap for a Pullman Porter

J. Apfelbaum and Company, American, ca.

1960

Medium: metal , leather and fabric
Genre: Caps (headgear)
Museum: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Labor unionsClothing and dressSegregationtransportationPullman Porters

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Navy blue Pullman Porter's cap with brass buttons and rope detail and metal Pullman Porter tag attached to the front above the bill of the cap. The interior of the cap contains a band of leather lining the interior as well as a decorative gold manufacturer's stamp of: "RUBY'S UNIFORM CAP/205 W. Madison St./Chicago".

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Uniform cap worn by a Pullman porter

J. Apfelbaum and Company, American, ca., 1960