Event Details

End: March 31, 2019
More Info: http://www.borail.org/

During February’s Black History Month, the B&O Railroad Museum will present a new temporary exhibit, entitled Best In Service, a rare art exhibit pf paintings and photographs from the B&O archives not previously displayed honoring the service of African Americans and their contributions to the B&O Railroad. Best In Service features original paintings by American illustrators Dan Content and Roy Federick Spreter. Commissioned by the B&O Railroad in the early 1930s, these artists painted full page, oil on canvas railroad scenes of service primarily used for creating advertisements for publications such as the “Saturday Evening Post” and the “B&O Employee Magazine”.

Additionally, Best in Service highlights the lives and service of four prominent African American B&O Railroad employees – Thurgood Marshall, Fearless M. Williams, Charles Wright and Maggie Hudson.

• C&O #409, circa 1900 “Jim Crow” passenger car that depicts a stark visual of passenger seating, restrooms and accommodations for whites and blacks when segregation was mandated by law as “separate was equal’.
• Dinner in the Diner, a B&O dining car exhibit, highlighting African Americans who served the B&O Railroad as chefs and waiters. Their work on board dining cars were exceptional, providing passengers with high-quality service, including many U.S. Presidents.

Exhibit will run from February 1st to March 31st, 2019.

B&O Railroad Museum

100 W. Pratt Street

Baltimore, MD  21023

410-752-2490