Platform step stool used by Pullman Palace Car Company

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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

Date

1910-1950

Object number

2012.46.75.1

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Medium

paint on metal

Dimensions

10 x 21 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. (25.4 x 54 x 46.4 cm)

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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

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Labor

Pullman Porters

Segregation

Transportation

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd547541ed9-4775-4665-b7b8-f2a8f9069772

Record ID

nmaahc_2012.46.75.1