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Pullman's Palace Car Company

Facsimile edition of the Pullman Palace Car Company c.1897 catalog.

Subject: Pullman_Train_Cars; Pullman_Rail_Travel; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Pullman's Palace Car Company Letter

Letter written on Pullman Palace Car Company stationery to Mr. E.W. Kinsle of Boston, Mass. From Chas. W. Angell, Secretary of Pullman Palace Car Company, dated Oct. 22, 1874

Subject: Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Building; Format: Correspondence

Pullman: A Social Study

Copy of an article appearing in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1889.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Pullman_Stables; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Houses; Pullman_Building; Pullman_Bank; Pullman_Labor_History; Market_Hall; Hotel_Florence_--_Exterior; Greenstone_Church; Beman,_Solon_Spencer; Architecture; Arcade_Theatre; Arcade_Shops; Arcade_Park; Arcade_Library; Arcade_Building; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Pushing Pullman

Article in Commentary Section about creating a city-state wide task force to look into the tourism potential of the Pullman district.

Subject: Pullman_(General); Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Town; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Remer's Stock Car Correspondence

A letter to George Pullman promoting the new Remer's stock cars for cattle, etc. Accompanied by a newspaper article about the stock cars.

Subject: Pullman_Train_Cars; Pullman_Rail_Travel; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Report of Pullman Auditor 1892

A report from the Auditor regarding the New York and Chicago offices of the Pullman Palace Car Co. as of July 31, 1892.

Subject: ; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Representative Chicagoans

The Daily Inter Ocean Newspaper biographical sketches of George Pullman and P.D. Armour, including information on model manufacturing town.

Subject: Pullman_Company; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Town; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Sez You -- Sez I

Newspaper column by Hans B. Schnell with reminisence of Pullman. Publisher and year unknown.

Subject: Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Southern Transportation Company

Notice to railroads of opening bides on use of Woodruff cars, includes 217 sheets of correspondence from 1865

Subject: ; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Rail_Travel; Pullman_Train_Cars; Rail_Travel_-_Other; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Surveillance report on potential strikers

2 page letter from Lamble to W.P. Hoornbeck (Pullman surpervisor) reporting on strike preparation activity as of May 12, 1894.

Subject: ; Pullman_Labor_History; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Correspondence

The Carbuilder

Issue of the Carbuilder devoted to the story of George Pullman and Pullman-Standard history. Copy only.

Subject: Pullman_Standard_Car_Mfg_Company; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Company; Pullman_(General); Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

The City of Pullman: America's First Industrial Utopia and the Birth of the European Garden City

A copy of an article from Metropolitan Review Magazine, about historic and contemporary Pullman.

Subject: Architecture; Beman,_Solon_Spencer; Pullman_(General); Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_People; Pullman_Town; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

The Pullman Messenger

Premier issue of magazine focused on information about events and news about the Pullman National Monument.

Subject: ; Pullman_(General); Pullman_and_Afro-Americans; Pullman_Labor_History; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Porters; Pullman_Town; Roseland_Community; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

The Railway Register

Newspaper article dated March 1886, describes George Pullman sharing his new idea for a sleeping car in Fall 1860.

Subject: Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Family; Pullman_Train_Cars; Pullman_Rail_Travel; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

The Retreat Restaurant

A brochure from the Retreat Restaurant, in the home of Henry H. Sessions, the first general superintendent of the Pullman Palace Car Company. Includes history and menu.

Subject: Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_People; Pullman_Town; Format: Printed Materials - Other

The Town of Pullman

Subtitled "Its Growth with Brief Accounts of Its Industries". Originally published in 1893, this is a reprint done by the Pullman Civic Organization in 1974. 208 pages with appendix and index. An account of the town of Pullman, it's buildings, functions, and employees. Softcover. Written by the wife of Duane Doty, town manager.

Subject: Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Company; Factory_Site; Pullman_Town; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Transfer Table and Rear Shops

Looking west c 1895

Subject: Transfer_Table; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Two Cover Letters

Letter of introduction of A.T. Benson to George Pullman; letter confirming delivery of proposed contract with Northern Pacific Railway to Mr. Kendrick.

Subject: Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Format: Correspondence

Union Foundry Replica of Liberty Bell

Copy of photograph showing replica of the Libery Bell which was cast by Pullman's Union Foundry for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. The bell is being moved on horse-drawn wagon. Note African American man leaning on wagon.

Subject: Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Union Foundry Replica of Liberty Bell Medallion

Photograph of medallion possibly used at the 1893 Collumbian Exposition as part of the display of the duplicate Liberty Bell created by Pullman.

Subject: Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Upholstery Material - Pullman Palace Car

Fragment of Pullman Palace Car upholstery material, 25" x 24". Greens and browns in color.

Subject: Pullman_Rail_Travel; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Format: Textiles

Utah Sights and Scenes for the Tourist

A booklet promoting tourist sites across Utah, complete with a fold-in map showing various trains routes across the state.

Subject: ; Advertising; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Rail_Travel; Pullman_Train_Cars; Rail_Travel_-_Other; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Utility Receipts

Copies of two paid receipts for rent dated November 30 and August 29, 1892 to John Blomberg.

Subject: ; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Vestibule Data Correspondence

Thirty sheets of correspondence regarding vestibule date from various parties.

Subject: ; Pullman_Company; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Rail_Travel; Pullman_Train_Cars; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Wedding Dress of Florence Abby Runnells

Wedding dress worn by Florence Abby Runnells in 1886 at her marriage to Edward Francis Bryant, President of the Pullman Bank. Florence was a cousin to John Runnells, President of the Pullman Company after Robert Todd Lincoln. leather gloves and several pieces of antique lace included.

Subject: Pullman_People; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Bank; Pullman_(General); Format: Textiles

Woodward Sleeping & Parlor Coach Co. Car Inventory

1889 inventory of Woodward Sleeping & Parlor Coach Co. cars. Listing of cars by number and name, including a voucher for car material, paint, etc.

Subject: ; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Format: Inventory

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