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Step stool used by the Pullman Palace Car Company

1922-1969

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.

A yellow, metal step stool with an unpainted metal crosshatched top. Imprinted on the side of the stool is "PULLMAN." On the bottom of the stool in raised lettering is the word “ALUMALUN.”.

Catalog date
1922-1969
Recorded places
United States, North and Central America
Recorded subjects
African American; Labor; Pullman Porters; Transportation

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Catalog reference: 2014.63.63.1

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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