[Porter with question marks all around him] – Antique Print
![[Porter with question marks all around him], 1928 — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a9/a9b6f39d56fe-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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[Porter with question marks all around him] comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Porter with question marks all around him]
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A figure in a porter's uniform stands surrounded by question marks, a graphic device that the record ties to railroad work and to the question of who held such jobs. Sleeping-car porters were among the largest groups of Black men employed in the United States at the time, working long shifts on Pullman cars for wages that depended heavily on tips. The subject headings also include gambling, a theme that popular magazines of the period often used when portraying Black workers. The caption card is unverified, so the illustrator's intent is best read from the drawing itself.
| Created / published | 1928 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone. |
| Subjects | Illus. in: American Magazine, v. 106, p. 32, 1928. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Negroes--Employment; Occupations; Railroads; Gambling. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,172 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-148880 |
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