Object Details
Description
Balbir Sodhi used this license during his role as a taxi driver in Los Angeles and San Francisco from 1987 to around 2000.
Escaping the religious persecution of Sikhs in his native India, Balbir Singh Sodhi emigrated to the United States in 1987, hoping to use his university training in mechanical engineering to make a living. Instead, he drove a taxi for thirteen years in Los Angeles and then San Francisco. By 2000 he had saved enough money to open his own gas station in Mesa, Arizona. He did well helping fellow immigrants as they tried to get a start.
Seven days after terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, Sodhi was shot and killed outside his station, mistaken for an Arab Muslim.
Credit Line
Gift of Rana Singh Sodhi
date made
1994
ID Number
2011.0255.03
catalog number
2011.0255.03
accession number
2011.0255
Object Name
permit
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
paper (overall material)
metal (clip material)
Measurements
overall: 2 13/16 in x 4 3/32 in; 7.112 cm x 10.414 cm
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Work and Industry: Asian Pacific American Business
Cultures & Communities
Work
American Enterprise
September 11
Exhibition
American Enterprise
Exhibition Location
National Museum of American History
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1416431