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Metal chain carried by Pullman Porter Robert Thomas
ca. 1920
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.
Long metal chain with a hook on one end and a square clasp on the other end. This item was found inside the pockets of a Pullman Porter uniform owned by Robert Jackson Thomas.
- Catalog date
- ca. 1920
- Recorded places
- United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Labor
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: 2012.75.7
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection