Museum object · vests (main garments)
Uniform vest owned by Pullman Porter Robert Thomas
ca. 1920
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 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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Sources & collection details
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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