Records, 1870-1905 (bulk 1870-1894).

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Records, 1870-1905 (bulk 1870-1894).

Records dating from the formation of the company until its dissolution by the directors of the Pullman's Palace Car Co. in 1894.

4 cubic ft. (2 boxes and 27 v.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7342141

Newberry Library

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Crescent City Sleeping Car Company.

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Pullman's Palace Car Company

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Sleeping car companies acquired by Pullman's Palace Car Company. Founded in 1870, the Erie and Atlantic Sleeping Coach Company was bought by Pullman in 1873. The Southern Transportation Company, founded in 1865 and controlled by the Central Transporation Company, was leased by Pullman in 1870 for $20,000 per year as part of the larger Central Transportation Co. deal. The Southern's lines became part of Pullman's new subsidiary, the Pullman Southern Car Company. In 1878, ...

Pullman Southern Car Company.

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Louisville and Chicago based company formed in 1871 by George M. Pullman to consolidate his southern controlled sleeping car lines, including those run in a partnership with Hannibal I. Kimball, those of the Southern Transportation Co. which Pullman leased along with his lease of the Central Transportation Co., and those of independent operator, Enoch Paine. In 1882 Pullman Southern was absorbed by the Pullman's Palace Car Company after an exchange of stock, but retained...

Southern Transportation Company.

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Kimball, Hannibal I. 1832-1895.

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Paine, Enoch.

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Pullman, George Mortimer, 1831-1897

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Designer of the Pullman sleeping car with residence and company in Chicago, Illinois. From the description of Invitation. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53920464 Pullman's Palace Car Co. founder and president George M. Pullman died October 19, 1897. Under the terms of his will Norman B. Ream and Robert T. Lincoln were appointed executors of the estate, which by 1900 was valued at $17,500,000. Principal legatees were Pullm...