Identification tag for Pullman Porter Omer Ester

Source catalog description

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

Small cellulose nitrate retangular photo idenitification tag issued by the Pullman Company to Porter, Omer Ester. The photograph is a black-and-white portrait of Ester wearing a blazer and tie with the following numbers superimposed on top of the photograph: "4071". On the back of the pin is the following information: Omer Ester's signature with his age (57), weight (125 lbs.), height (5'6"), [eyes?] (Brn.) and hair (Black). Beside the signature is the following printed information: "4071/CC". Below this information is a blank line for a Signature of Company Officer without a signature.

Catalog date

1941

Recorded subjects

African American; Labor; Pullman Porters; Segregation; Transportation

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