Robert "Railroad" Harris
Object Details
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Notes
- Featured in the "Torch," February 1985
- Summary
- Robert "Railroad" Harris at the time of his retirement. Harris, a security officer at the National Museum of American History, retired after 38 years at the Smithsonian, December 18, 1984. When he came to the Institution, the entire guard force consisted of 80 men who rotated between four buildings. His nickname stuck when another guard began calling him "Railroad" after learning that Harris's initials were R.R. (Robert Riley).
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, Folder: February 1985
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Date
- 1984
- Standard number
- 84-18042-25A
- Author
- Hofmeister, Richard K
- Subject
- National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
- National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
- Office of Protective Services
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Person, candid
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
- Topic
- Harris, Robert Riley "Railroad"
- African Americans
- Guard Force
- Police Force
- Security
- Smithsonian Institution--Employees
- Watchmen
- Record ID
- siris_sic_8918
