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A group of Pullman Porters operating into and out of Asheville, North Carolina. Mr. Will C. Burgan - 3rd from left; Mr. J. L. Johnson (overseer), left front.

Title
Southern Railway Porters, 1929
Date (Text)
1929
Date
1929
Geographic Coverage
Asheville (N.C.)
Buncombe County (N.C.)
Subject (Topic)
African Americans--North Carolina--History.
African Americans--Appalachian Region--History.
Subject (Images)
Subject (Name)
Type
Image
Format
Black-and-white photographs
Group portraits
Photographs
Language
English
Dimensions
9.75" x 7.5"
Digital Exhibit
Heritage of Black Highlanders
Local Item/Call Number
HBH108
Standard Rights Statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Contributing Institution
Contact Information
Special Collections, UNC Asheville | CPO# 1500, One University Heights, Asheville, NC 28804 | speccoll@unca.edu | 828-251-6645
Digital Collection
Images of North Carolina
Linked Resources
Images in the Heritage of Black Highlanders Collection include photographs collected by Lucy Herring and other leaders of Asheville’s African American community in 1977. The collection is housed in Special Collections, Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina Asheville,
Accessibility Statement
Archival Content: this is a digital surrogate of an item that was created before April 26, 2027. It is presented here for research, reference or recordkeeping. For help accessing this material, please visit https://www.digitalnc.org/about/policies/accessibility/

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