Instructions to Porters, Attendants and Maids

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Brown leather-bound instructions manual created by the Pullman Company. At the top left corner of the cover, imprinted in silver, is a small box with the title: [Instructions / TO / PORTERS / ATTENDANTS / AND MAIDS]. Printed at bottom center of the cover is [THE PULLMAN COMPANY]. The first interior page has pre-printed spaces in black ink: [No.], completed with a stamp in black ink reading [14599]; [ISSUED TO], completed by hand in brown ink reading [RBN Shaners]; and [DISTRICT] completed by the same hand reading[Rich]. The book is center-bound by three brass metal brads. There is a crack in the front cover and wear along the edges of the covers.

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