Object Details
- associated institution
- Louisville and Nashville Railroad
- Becker Tailoring Co.
- Description
- The cap is has a stiff crown and flat circular top with a short visor. A black braid stretches across the visor and is attached to the hat by buttons on each side of the hat. It has a badge on the front with the Louisville and Nashville Railroad logo, L&N and the words TRIAN PORTER. On each side is a button with the initials L&N.
- This particular porter's cap was owned by Mr. Henry Taylor, a porter for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad from the 1940s through the 1960s. Mr. Taylor worked aboard the L&N Railroad's coaches on overnight trains, assisting passengers. Sleeping cars assigned to L&N overnight trains were operated by Pullman, and so the porters on those cars worked for Pullman, not for the Louisvile and Nashville Railroad.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Henry Taylor
- ID Number
- 1985.0552.01
- accession number
- 1985.0552
- catalog number
- 1985.0552.01
- 85.0552.01
- Object Name
- cap, porter's
- Other Terms
- cap, porter's; Rail
- place made
- United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
- Clothing & Accessories
- Work
- Transportation
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Railroads
- African American
- Travel
- Record ID
- nmah_844632
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-8dcb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
