Object Details
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Commissioned by
- Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
- Description
- A yellow, metal step stool with an unpainted metal crosshatched top. The bottom of the stool has two hand-holds on either side, while the other two sides do not. Etched on one the side of the stool, below a hand hold, is the word "PULLMAN."
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1910-1950
- Object number
- 2012.46.75.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Medium
- paint on metal
- Dimensions
- 10 x 21 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. (25.4 x 54 x 46.4 cm)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Exhibition
- Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Labor
- Pullman Porters
- Segregation
- Transportation
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2012.46.75.1
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd547541ed9-4775-4665-b7b8-f2a8f9069772
