Collection of Pullman Papers, 1829-1960.

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Collection of Pullman Papers, 1829-1960.

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Pamphlets, booklets, books, reports, articles, news clippings, drawings, blueprints, letters, signs, forms, contracts, patents, and paint samples. Numerous copies of printed material used for informational, promotional or advertising purposes. Employee handbooks and instructional guides, including a step by step manual for handling, preparing and serving food. Menus. Reports written on many differenct aspects of the company and the Pullman car. Articles and news clippings pertaining to the company, the train cars and their uses. Information on the model town of Pullman. Business materials include the charter, by-laws, forms, letters, and contracts, some with specific train lines. Numerous drawings, designs and blueprints for the cars and a box of color samples used for painting the cars. The bound volumes include: Ground Plans of the Cars, The Pullman Company Operating Department Catalog Material and Supplies, July 1923 and Lot Book(Pullman Cars Built), 1899-1934.

5 linear feet 3 boxes + 3 oversized bound v.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Pullman Company

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York County, Pa., plant, which produced automobiles, also known as Pullman Motor Car Company. From the description of Records, 1903-1999. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70974944 Manufacturer of railroad sleeping and passenger cars founded by George M. Pullman; incorporated in 1867 as Pullman's Palace Car Company; name changed to Pullman Company in 1899; Pullman Incorporated formed 1927 with Pullman Company and Pullman Car & Manufacturing Corp., becoming its principal sub...

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...

Dubin, Arthur D. (Arthur Detmers), 1923-, Collector.

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Chicago architect, avid historian of the railroad passenger trains, and author of books on the history of railroad passenger trains and specifically the Pullman car. The Pullman company was founded in 1867 by George Pullman, who built the company into the predominant railroad car company in the United States during the golden age of train travel. From the description of Collection of Pullman Papers, 1829-1960. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 46888530 ...