Photographic postcard of Pullman Porter, T.R. Joseph

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Black-and-white photographic postcard that was never stamped and mailed but has written in pencil on the back the name "T.R. Joseph". The image on the postcard is of Pullman Porter, T.R. Joseph standing in a photography studio with a painted backdrop of a theater curtain behind him. He is dressed in a full Pullman Porter uniform, complete with Pullman Porter hat, with his left hand on his hip and his right hand resting on an ornate metal chair.

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