Pennsylvania Railroad dining car service photograph, 1944
Pennsylvania Railroad dining car service photograph, 1944

Pennsylvania Railroad dining car service photograph, 1944


Permanent ID:
12706
Date:
May 7 1944
Image Description:
This photo depicts an African American steward, W. L. Bright, serving customers in the dining car on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Inscription:
Penna. R. R. Employees

May 7 - 1944

W. L. Bright, the first Negro dining car steward to be appointd by the Pennsylvania Railroad, is pictured (right) at his new job.  He benefits by a new railroad policy of employment "without regard to race, creed, color or national origin."
(Verso, image 1)
Address:
Philadelphia
Format:
Photographs
Dimensions:
Width: 23.5 cm, Height: 19 cm (image)
Collection:
Philadelphia Record photograph morgue
Library of Congress Subjects:
Pennsylvania Railroad [info:lc/authorities/names/n82258320]