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Identification card for Pullman porter Percy Davis

July 30, 1943

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 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 laminated Pullman Company identification card used by Percy Davis. The card is white with black text and a black-and-white portrait of Percy Davis in the bottom right corner. The back of the card has the right thumb print of Percy Davis and additional printed text on it.

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Catalog reference: 2014.63.63.7.5

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