Nicks in the Boot Heels: How Pullman Porters pass on Information Regarding Travelers.
Title
Nicks in the Boot Heels: How Pullman Porters pass on Information Regarding Travelers.
Subject
Pullman Porters
Description
The article reveals how the porters hide messages in the shoe heals of their customers to inform other porters of the personality of the customer. A nick on one part of the heal will indicate that the customer is generous, a nick in another that he may be bad-tempered.
Source
The Omaha Bee
Type
Text
Format
Pdf
Publisher
Edward Rosewater
Date
November 24, 1894
Contributor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
Rights
Public Domain
Identifier
LCCN::sn 99021999
OCLC:: 42958170
OCLC:: 42958170
Bibliographic Citation
Nicks in the Boot Heels: How Pullman Porters pass on Information Regarding Travelers.Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]), 24 Nov. 1894. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1894-11-24/ed-1/seq-12/>
Original Format
Journal
Files
Collection
Reference
1894, Nicks in the Boot Heels: How Pullman Porters pass on Information Regarding Travelers., Edward Rosewater