Promotional photograph from the film Journey By Train

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Silver gelatin print from a series of original photographs taken during the production of the 1935 educational short film, "A Journey by Train", produced by the Text Film Corp., Hollywood, CA. This print depicts the interior of a train station. Ticketing agent is talking with a family of four: mother, father, and two children, one boy and one girl. There is a sign to his right that reads: "PULLMAN/TRAVEL COMFORT/NEW/PRIVATE SECTIONS ON THIS TRAIN/ASK THE PULLMAN CONDUCTOR". Directly behind the family is an African American porter holding a suitcase in each hand looking at the family. They are all standing outside of a train car. The front left corner contains an idenification tag within the photograph that reads "A JOURNEY BY TRAIN copyright by TEXT FILM CORP. HOLLYWOOD, CALIF.

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