Museum object · step stools
Step stool used by the Pullman Palace Car Company
1922-1969
United States, North and Central America
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 yellow, metal step stool with an unpainted metal crosshatched top. Imprinted on the side of the stool is "PULLMAN." On the bottom of the stool in raised lettering is the word “ALUMALUN.”.
- Catalog date
- 1922-1969
- Recorded places
- United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Labor; Pullman Porters; Transportation
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2014.63.63.1
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection