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Employee Handbook Instructions to Porters, Attendants, and Maids, 1939

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Employee Handbook Instructions to Porters, Attendants, and Maids, 1939

Every moment of a porter’s day was regulated. The company told porters how to interact with customers, which jacket to wear for what job, and how to handle luggage.

Museum collection, Papers of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Chicago Division, HD6515.R36P9A5