Four buttons from a Pullman Porter uniform

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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.

Four (4) round, silver colored Pullman Porter buttons that may have originally been sewn to a Porter uniform. The buttons contain the word "PULLMAN" at the center on the front. The back of the buttons have a small circular piece of metal attached to the center, which was probably used to attach the button to the uniform. Also on the back is the following information: "SCOVILL MFG. CO/WATERBURY".

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