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Museum object · vests (main garments)

Uniform vest owned by Pullman Porter Robert Thomas

ca. 1920

United States, North and Central America

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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.

A Pullman Porter uniform vest owned by Robert Jackson Thomas. The vest is dark blue in color with four silver colored buttons inscribed with "Pullman." Four pockets are on the front of the vest.

Catalog date
ca. 1920
Recorded places
United States, North and Central America
Recorded subjects
African American; Clothing and dress; Labor; Transportation

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: 2012.75.1.3

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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