Two women next to PRR Dining Car Girls Quarters" sign"

ca. 1931-1973

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Two women next to PRR Dining Car Girls Quarters" sign"
  • Title
  • Two women next to PRR Dining Car Girls Quarters" sign"
  • Creator
  • Harris, Charles Teenie
  • Date
  • ca. 1931-1973
  • Identifier
  • 1996.90.27
  • Source Identifier
  • Carnegie Museum of Art 1996.90.27
  • Description
  • Two women standing next to a sign that reads 'PRR Dining Car Girls Quarters.' PRR stands for the Pennsylvania Railroad, founded in 1846. The woman on the right is wearing a fur trimmed overcoat, high heeled shoes, and her hair is done up in curls. The women on the left is wearing a knee-length dress, a light colored overcoat, high heeled shoes, and her hair is also worn up in curls. Clothing style dates to ca. 1940-1950.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Women--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Pennsylvania Railroad.
    Hairstyles--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970
  • Contributor
  • Carnegie Museum of Art
  • Collection
  • Teenie Harris Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
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  • Rights Holder
  • Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh