George M. Pullman files, 1867-1897.

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George M. Pullman files, 1867-1897.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32731988

Business papers, 1867-1897, and family papers, 1886-1897.

4 cubic ft. (8 boxes)

Newberry Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7344778

Newberry Library

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Barrett, Nathan Franklin

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Pullman family.

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Lowden, Florence

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Pullman's Palace Car Company. President.

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Sleeping car innovator, and founder and President of the Pullman's Palace Car Company, 1867-1897. Under George M. Pullman's guidance the company expanded to hold a virtual monopoly on the construction and operation of railroad sleeping cars in the United States. In 1880 Pullman also constructed an entire town, Pullman, on Lake Calumet, south of Chicago, to accomodate workers in his newly-built Pullman Car Works. Pullman died in 1897, three years after a disastrous strike...

Beman, S. S. 1853-1914.

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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...