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Pullman Porter Uniform Small Button Circa 1930 - Scovill Manufacturing Co.

$ 5.27

Availability: 93 in stock
  • Provenance: Ownership History Not Available
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Culture: Black Americana
  • Condition: Pullman Sleeping Car Porter's Uniform Button - not a card.

    Description

    This is 9/16 of an inch in diameter. The back has room for  SCOVILL MF'G  CO.  That company was in Waterbury, Connecticut.  We have a larger version of this button on and one that spells out Pullman.  We combine shipping. We are guessing as to age. A Pullman Porter was a leader in their community. They were instrumental in moving the Black newspapers of the North to the Blacks in the South so they could find out what was really happening in Dixie.  We ship to the following states.  Alabama, Arizona, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Colorado, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia, Washington, Wyoming, Wisconsin & Washington, D.C.     623