Poster showing an interior view of a luxury pullman car to advertise the Pennsylvania Railroad. Shows several white men and woman passengers relaxing in the car. In the left, a Black man server, serves drinks to two women and a man seated at a booth. Across from them, in the right, an older man sits in an arm chair, and smokes a cigar, and holds a paper in his lap. An older woman sits on the arm of his chair. Behind them, two women converse, one standing. In the far background, two men stand at a bar. Image also shows a train window. The server wears a white smock shirt and black pants. The men passengers wear suits. The women passengers wear a dress or suit jacket and skirt and/or hats., Title from item., Date inferred from content., RVCDC
Date
[ca. 1945]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department miscellaneous posters [P.2284.103]
Real photo postcard depicting three men, one seated and two standing in an interior setting. The seated man is in the center of the scene. He looks to a man standing in the left of the image. He slightly points up with his right hand and holds his light-colored hat on his right leg. His left leg is crossed over his right knee. The man in the left, slightly hunches over and writes in a small notebook held in his hand. In the right, another man stands and watches the interaction posed as a conversation. All the men wear suits and the two men standing also wear hats, a light-colored fedora (man in left) and a dark-colored derby (man in right)., Title supplied by cataloger., Divided back., Contains Cyko stamp box printed on verso., Purchased with funds for the Visual Culture Program., See related postcard: LCP postcards - Portraits - African American [P.2024.48.1]
Date
[ca. 1915]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Portraits - African American [P.2024.48.2]
