Uniform pants owned by Pullman Porter Robert Thomas

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 pair of Pullman Porter uniform pants owned by Robert Jackson Thomas. The pants are navy blue in color and have five pockets. The pants have blue buttons on the waist and fly and a cloth and metal cinch in lieu of belt loops. The waist lining and pocket material is made from discolored white fabric. Several buttons are missing and there are small tears and abrasions along the seams.

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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