PULLMAN HISTORY SITE

Images in the collection -- Subject Workers

2012 Gentle Warrior Awards Celebration

A. Phillip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum 17th Anniversary celebration handout. February 2012

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Labor_History; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

An Oldtimer Looks at Pullman

Newspaper column "Sez You -- Sez I" by Hans B. Schnell, unknown publication. Essay by Robert W. Bartsch, first place award winner in state and national competition. Bartsch worked for Pullman from 1906 to 1956.

Subject: Pullman_Standard_Car_Mfg_Company; Pullman_Train_Cars; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Antilabor Mercenaries or Defenders of Public Order?

This is a copy of an article from Chicago History, about the use of federal troops during the Pullman Strike in 1894.

Subject: Illinois_History; Pullman_Labor_History; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Town; Pullman_Workers; Pullman_and_Afro-Americans; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Article - General Horace Porter

News article about Gen. Horace Porter, photo and brief biography

Subject: Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Article - New Manager Named at Pullman-Standard

Ben Bradley names as Pullman-Standard manager of Hammond Plant.

Subject: Pullman_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Cabinet

Cabinet with marquetry work made by Anton Grzybowski who worked at the Pullman Company for 47 years. He was a cabinet maker and made furniture or paneling for Pullman train cars. Uncle of resident Irene Hertl. Cabinet now belongs to niece who lives on east coast.

Subject: ; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Camera Catches Starts of Diamond

Newspaper clipping of the Pullman Shipbuilders baseball team.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Company; Sports; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Car Interior

Four men working on interior of Pullman car, cleaning and polishing surfaces. Car interior is ornate, with upholstered seats and decorative ceiling light fixtures.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Company List

Listing of Departments and workers with home addresses. Not identified as Pullman Company but has W. W. Eisenhart's name at top; he was employee of Pullman Standard.

Subject: Pullman_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Constructing a Pullman Car

Copy of a photograph showing workers inside factory building constructing a train car. Undated but c. 1910.

Subject: Factory_Site; Pullman_Train_Cars; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Detroit Shops

Artisans hand applying painted (gilt?) designs on the Pullman Sleeping Car "Atlantic" in the Detroit shops about 1870's

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Detroit Shops

Detroit Shops, c1875. Note intricate train door and the craftsman in foreground handpainting decorative patterns on exterior of train car.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Detroit Shops Lining Room

Artisans painting decorative elements to be used in Palace Car construction, 1870s.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Dr. John McLean

Biographical Sketch of Dr. John McClean, the first Surgeon for the Pullman Factories.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Employees, Fire and Watch Department

1 black and white photographic negative showing Fire and Watch Department, some men in suits, some in work clothes, in formal pose. Photograph is cropped with black tape. Envelope sleeve is labeled Pullman employee Gardens: and has a list of 10 negatives with descriptions of gardens. None of these negatives was found with the envelope and the netations are crossed out. Notations have a date of 4/29/2001.

Subject: ; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Factory Cart Pulling Three Wagons

Print of photograph taken at the Pullman Factory yards showing cart pulling three wagons loaded with boxes and equipment. Three employees in photo. Train Car Mineric in background.

Subject: Factory_Site; Pullman_Train_Cars; Pullman_Workers; Pullman_and_Afro-Americans; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Factory Interior

B/w photograph of a man burning wooden block flooring in disused Pullman shop building at 109th and Langley.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Factory_Site; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Fraternal Ribbon, Fidelity Lodge No. 54, I.A. of C. W.

Beautiful silk ribbon with badge, from a member of the Fidelity Lodge No. 54, I. A. of C. W. (International Association of Car Workers), Pullman, ILL. Front side is Blue silk with silver lettering, back side is black silk with silver lettering and designs and says Newark, New Jersey at the top and IN MEMORIAM.

Subject: ; Pullman_Labor_History; Pullman_Workers; Format: Button-Badges

Front Erecting Shop

Young George Pullman and other workers

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Good Housekeeping Trophy Ceremony

Five black and white photographs showing Good Housekeeping Trophy Ceremony, held inside factory, location unknown. Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company letterhead, green border and font, addresseede to Mr. J.L. Johnson from H.A. Siep, regarding photos taken at presentation.

Subject: ; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Good Housekeeping Trophy Presentation

Five Black and white photographs showing employees and award winners at presentation ceremony.

Subject: ; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Helmet of the 35th Engineers

Helmet from a member of the Army 35th Engineer 1919 Victory Parade for WWI. Many Pullman employees joined this division to assist in the rebuilding of the French railway system and production of train cars. Hand painted for the occasion. The Pad, basket, and chin strap are missing.

Subject: ; Pullman_Abroad; Pullman_Workers; Format: Personal Items (hairbrush, jewelry, etc.)

Ideal Laundry & Dry Cleaners

Laundry ticket from the Ideal Laundry & Dry Cleaners, located at 7341 S. State St. for work at the Hotel Florence. Dated June 20, 1963.

Subject: Hotel_Florence_History; Pullman_People; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Ideal Laundry & Dry Cleaners

Laundry ticket from the Ideal Laundry & Dry Cleaners, located at 7341 S. State St. for work at the Hotel Florence. Dated June 19, 1963.

Subject: Hotel_Florence_History; Pullman_People; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Labor Mediator Was Problem Solver

Obituary of John F. Rozner, Pullman employee and labor arbitrator. Chicago Tribune April 11, 2008.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Letter from E. Leaden re job

Letter to C. S. Sweet pleading for a job for a family member long out of work

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Correspondence

Letter from former employee

Letter to George Pullman from a former employee explaining his circumstances and wanting a job back.

Subject: ; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Correspondence

Letter from J. G. Lumbrd, Union Line

Letter to George Pullman from J. G. Lumbard of the Union Line, Pennsylvania Railroad Co., asking to re-transfer an adopted son back to old job so he and wife will have family nearby.

Subject: Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Correspondence

Letter re: Pension Claim

One page typed letter from Mr Lincoln's secretary to Mr. Longstreet denying pension claim due to lack of stock in Longstreet name.

Subject: Pullman_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Correspondence

Letter to G. Pullman pleading for return to employment

8 page letter on Atlantic Hotel (Chicago) stationery from former Pullman employee pleading for his job back after a scandal.

Subject: ; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Correspondence

Letters regarding Lease Warrents on equipment

Letters to George Pullman regarding three lease warrants on equipment made by their company and from C. S. Sweet, returning the lease warrants.

Subject: ; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Correspondence

Mistah Pullman oughta call this car the Rip Van Winkle

Original color Goodyear advertisement for its airfoam mattress showing use in Pullman cars. Airfoam - T.M. The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. Unknown publication.

Subject: Pullman_Train_Cars; Pullman_Rail_Travel; Pullman_Porters; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Noon Hour in Pullman

HR Koopman black and white postcard looking east down Florence Blvd. (111th Street) from Pullman Blvd. (Cottage Grove). Workers sit on grass and curbs eating lunch.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Views; Format: Postcard

Noon Hour in Pullman

c1907. Looking east along 111th Street near Hotel Florence. Pullman workers lounge and walk on parkway eating.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Postcard

Noon Hour in Pullman

HR Koopman black and white postcard showing workers leaving factory and crossing Florence Blvd. (111th Street), view looking west.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Views; Format: Postcard

Noon Hour in Pullman

Photograph copy of postcard by Henry R. Koopman, Pullman photographer of working along 111th Street (Florence Blvd.) during the noon lunch break. Undated.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Town; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Noontime at Pullman

Workers leaving factory site.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Outdoor Illinois

February, 1975 issue with 21-page article on Pullman. Full record available for viewing at the Bertha Ludlam Reading Room in the Hotel Florence.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Views; Pullman_Train_Cars; Pullman_Town; Pullman_Rail_Travel; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Labor_History; Pullman_Houses; Pullman_(General); Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Pensioners from Shop Departments

7 black and white photograph negatives and 1 envelope sleeve identifying photos within. Photos show employees in the Joiners Dept., Steel Cabinet Dept., Paint Dept., Watch & Service and the Calumet Shop Pensioners.

Subject: ; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Postcard: Pullman Car Works

Black and white postcard of long view of people walking in street and on sidewalks across RR tracks. Pullman factory seen in distance

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Artwork

Pullman 1939

Photograph of Pullman employees in 1939, in Richmond, CA.

Subject: Pullman_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman and his 'perfect' town

Newspaper article describing George M. Pullman's social experiment with the town of Pullman.

Subject: Chicago_History; Churches_-_Roseland,_Pullman; Historic_Reference; Illinois_History; Lake_Calumet; Pullman_Houses; Pullman_Labor_History; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Town; Pullman_Workers; The_Stables; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Pullman Banquet

Image of group of men at a banquet, location unknown. Assumed to be Pullman employees.

Subject: Pullman_Company; Pullman_Standard_Car_Mfg_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Beautiful (Nice Things About Pullman Past and Present)

Typed original. Topic: the Dr. John McLean house.

Subject: Chicago_History; Historic_Reference; Illinois_History; Pullman_Company; Pullman_Hospital; Pullman_Houses; Pullman_People; Pullman_Workers; Victorian_Era_-_general; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Pullman Beautiful (Nice Things About Pullman Past and Present)

Typed original; topic is Labor Day and the Pullman Strike of 1894.

Subject: ; Chicago_History; Historic_Reference; Hotel_Florence_History; Illinois_History; Pullman_Labor_History; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Pullman Car Works - Telephone Directory

Phone list of employees names, room, extension put out by the Pullman Car Works for office use.

Subject: Pullman_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Pullman Car Works Phone List

Listing of employee names, phone extensions, departments, and room numbers for the Pullman Car Works.

Subject: Pullman_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Pullman Car Works, Chicago 1907

View looking east from across Illinois Central Railroad grade level tracks. Workers going home to Roseland. (There were eight tracks, grade raised in 1915.). Pedestrian overpass is shown on the left. Photo dated 1907.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Koopman,_Henry_Ralph_and_family; Pullman_Company; Format: Postcard

Pullman Company Beneficiary Record

Beneficiary form of Josef Peterson, Fitter #14393, at the Pullman Car Works. Form used to name beneficiaries in the case of death of the employee.

Subject: ; Pullman_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Pullman Company Certificate of Service

Photocopy of article from unknown publication showing letter and copy of Certificate of Service given to Pullman employee, Robert E. Turner in 1946.

Subject: Pullman_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Pullman Company Directory pages

Loose pages of Pullman Company employee directory for various departments...includes name and home address.

Subject: Pullman_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Pullman Company Employee Ben Bradley

Various images of employee Ben Bradley at different Pullman Company events, award ceremonies, etc., with other employees and family.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Company Employees Safety

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Company; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Employee Award Photographs

Six (6) black and white photographic negatives and one (1) envelope sleeve with notations. Negatives show: large crowd in auditorium (2), five men with awards, large group of men at dinner at Sessions Club (3).

Subject: ; Pullman_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Employee Records

Newberry Library holds employee records from the Pullman Company - these are instructional sheets on how to request records.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Genealogy; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Pullman Employees

2 photographs of 25+ people in front of Pullman train car, dated 4/30/40. One negative of photograph, one negative of 21 people outside Door 701- General Office, 2 negatives of groups of employees taken inside factory, location unknown. Employee sleeve with notations about photographs.

Subject: ; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Images, Chicago

Seven interior views of Pullman manufacturing facility in Chicago, c1920s.

Subject: ; Factory_Site; Pullman_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Worker Safety Message

Promoting use of safety equipment in the factory by employee H. G. Stone.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Worker with Finished Car

Carefully composed image with Allen Wheel Works in distance through open door. Note: car is still on Transfer table. #8820 on bottom of Negative

Subject: Pullman_Train_Cars; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Workers

HR Koopman photo "Pullman Gate Noon Hour".

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Factory_Site; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Workers

Seven (7) black and white photographic negatives and one (1) envelope sleeve with notations. Negatives show: Joiners Dept., Wood Cabinet Dept., Templet Dept., Pensioners-Paint Dept., Group of men with Savings Bonds, 22 men in suits, 24 men in suits with Workmen.

Subject: ; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Workers

Pullman workers, c1902, on chimmny foundation, perhaps at 103rd Street plant.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Workers

Three riveters working on a Pullman Car ca 1949; black and white men working together in the factory.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Factory_Site; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Workers

Metal car construction. Machinists working in building 100 at Pullman Standard, 1949

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Workers

Twenty-three workers posed inside a factory building. Men are surrounded by large equipment. Two men in front of the group in shirts and ties; perhaps formen or managers of some kind. Photograph number 19926.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Factory_Site; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Workers

Pullman workers in front of erecting shops.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Factory_Site; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Workers

Negative of Koopman postcard showing workers leaving factory site. Includes two female workers with parasols.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Factory_Site; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Workers - Shop Departments

Two (2) black and white photograph negatives and one (1) envelope sleeve listing photographs. One negative of women in classroom. One negative of woman pointing to Attendance Record sign, Uncle Sam Will Sink Those Subs. 8 x 10. 1940-1950. Excellent condition. Acquired from Pullman Standard by South Suburban Genealogical Historical Society c. 1957, deaccessioned to Newberry Library, deaccessioned to Frank Beberdick.

Subject: ; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Workers 1949

1949 view of Pullman workers

Subject: Factory_Site; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Workers at Erecting Shop

Photo of mounted photograph by T. S. Johnson of 52 workers.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Workers at Lunchtime

c1890. Workers leaving factory for lunch. Note factory workers in suits, vests and hats.

Subject: Factory_Site; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Workers at Lunchtime

View looking east on Florence Blvd. (111th street) from Pullman Blvd. (Cottage Grove).

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Workers at the Gate

Workmen in suits and hats stand in front of Pullman Factory main gate (built 1888). This image has often been used as a possible strike photo, date unknown.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Workers Leaving at Lunchtime

Photograph showing workers leaving through the Florence Blvd. (111th St.) gate at lunchtime.

Subject: Factory_Site; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Workers Leaving Factory at Noon

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Workers on Champlain

Noon Hour, Pullman, 111th and Champlain c1907. One of a series of photo postcards by photographer, H.R. Koopman, showing the many Pullman workers who poured out of the factory onto 111th street during lunch time. Note produce and sandwich wagons at Champlain Avenue. View west from Langley.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Views; Format: Postcard

Pullman Factory Workers on Lunch Break, Watt Ave

Watt Avenue (St. Lawrence) showing workers at lunch, note horse-drawn water cart of right, original wooden porches on left and metal post and chain fences.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Views; Format: Postcard

Pullman Factory Workers Walking on Champlain Ave.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Views; Format: Artwork

Pullman Factory Workers with Award

Black and white photograph of Pullman employees in formal pose in factory shop, location unknown, with award (Good Houskeeping?)

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Workers' War Bond Rally

Pullman workers at Calumet Shops, crowd in front of building east of 114th and Langley at War Bond rally, 1917.

Subject: World_War_II; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Gate Noon Hour

c1907. Looking north at 111th & St. Lawrence toward factory. Water tower in the distance. Pullman Company had no company cafeteria, approximately 5,000 workers would leave the factory.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Factory_Site; Format: Postcard

Pullman Gate Noon Hour

HR Koopman postcard showing men leaving work from South gate at lunch time.

Subject: Koopman,_Henry_Ralph_and_family; Factory_Site; Pullman_Workers; Format: Postcard

Pullman Gate Noon Hour

Photograph copy of postcard by Henry R. Koopman of Pullman Factory gates at noon with workers going to lunch. Shows gates on 111th St. (Florence Blvd.) Undated.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Factory_Site; Format: Postcard

Pullman Images from Horn Collection

Collection of images of unidentified early Pullman train cars, train car interiors, the town of Pullman, view from Factory north roof, and cooks in train kitchen.

Subject: Aerial_Views; Factory_Site; Pullman_Town; Pullman_Train_Cars; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Incorporated Retirement Plan

Booklet outlining the retirement plan for employees of Pullman Incorporated and participating subsidiaries.

Subject: Pullman_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Pullman Incorporated Retirement Plan

Booklet outlining the retirement plan for Pullman Incorporated as of May 1, 1964.

Subject: Pullman_Company; Pullman_Labor_History; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Pullman Instructional Sign - Engineering Dept.

Fragment of handwritten sign put up in 3rd floor Planning or Engineering Dept. Storage Vault in Administration Building.

Subject: Administration_Building; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Pullman No. 6 and Some of the Crowd That Built It

Photocopy of article on Pullman car No. 6 with workers who built the car identified. The image is dated 1884.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Train_Cars; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Pullman Officials, 1886-1892

Copy of a page from the Pullman Car Works Standard, Vo. I, No. 5, Sept. 1916, showing Pullman Co. officials in front of the Hotel Florence. Each is named, with their position and department.

Subject: Pullman_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Pullman Painters Picnic

Group of men and women, some men with muscial instruments, crowded around and on a truck with sign announcing picnic in Glenwood (Illinois). Photo dated 6/19/26.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Parade of Men with Flags in Train Yard

Image shows men in suits with American flags parading next to a line of Pullman train cars along rail lines behind the Pullman factory.

Subject: Factory_Site; Pullman_People; Pullman_Train_Cars; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Shops, Chicago

Koopman postcard showing the south end of the Pullman factory site with workers walking west across the Illinois Central Railroad tracks.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Illinois_Central_Railroad; Factory_Site; Format: Postcard

Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Truck

Image showing truck with employees on an unidentified factory site.

Subject: Pullman_Standard_Car_Mfg_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Standard CarWorker

Newsletter produced by the Pullman Standard Company with news about the company and employees. Vo.5, no. 4. March 7, 1947.

Subject: ; Pullman_People; Pullman_Standard_Car_Mfg_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Pullman Standard Group Insurance Program

Booklet of Major Medical Expense Group Insurance Program for Pullman Incorporated and Subsidiary Companies. Produced by Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company.

Subject: Pullman_Labor_History; Pullman_Standard_Car_Mfg_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Pullman Standard Hammond Plant WWII Production

One of 116 images in bound album titled "Shells, dated May 29, 1944. Photo 1695.

Subject: Pullman_Standard_Car_Mfg_Company; Pullman_Workers; World_War_II; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Standard Hammond Plant WWII Production

One of 116 images in bound album titled "Shells, dated June 3, 1944. Photo #1699.

Subject: Pullman_Standard_Car_Mfg_Company; Pullman_Workers; World_War_II; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Standard Insurance Plan 1950

The 1950 Insurance Plan for Salaried Employes from the Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company, effective November 1, 1950.

Subject: Pullman_Labor_History; Pullman_Standard_Car_Mfg_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Pullman Standard Insurance Plan 1954

The 1954 Insurance Plan for Salaried Employes from the Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company, effective October 1, 1954.

Subject: Pullman_Labor_History; Pullman_Standard_Car_Mfg_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Pullman Train Car and Employees

Black and white photograph showing employees gathered in front of a Pullman heavy-weight car on tracks with a model car named "Spirit of Safety" in front on them on tracks.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Various Images

Collection of images of unidentified early Pullman train cars, train car interiors, the town of Pullman, view from Factory north roof, and cooks in train kitchen.

Subject: ; Aerial_Views; Factory_Site; Pullman_Town; Pullman_Train_Cars; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman-Standard Aircraft Division Supervisor Badge

Pullman-Standard Aircraft Division Supervisor Badge No. 9169 belonging to Leslie Francis Tracy.

Subject: Pullman_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Button-Badges

Pullman-Standard Insurance Plan for 1954

The 1954 Insurance Plan for Salaried Employes from the Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company, effective October 1, 1954.

Subject: Pullman_Company; Pullman_Labor_History; Pullman_Standard_Car_Mfg_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Pullmlan Standard Insurance Plan 1954

The 1954 Insurance Plan for Salaried Employes from the Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company, effective October 1, 1954.

Subject: Pullman_Company; Pullman_Labor_History; Pullman_Standard_Car_Mfg_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Railyard Scene at Pullman

Print of photograph showing railyard behind Pullman Factory in Chicago; train car "Thistle" in background, foreground shows 3 men loading rails on rail cart with man in suit sitting on the edge.

Subject: Factory_Site; Pullman_Train_Cars; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Safety Award

Black and white photograph of four men holding award: Pullman Standard, A division of Pullman Incorporated, Annual Safety Award to Pullman Car Works, Winner of the Annual Plant Safety Contest. Year 1970.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Sessions Club Dinner

Five black and white photographs showing group of male employees at dinner at Sessions Club (111th & St. Lawrence Ave). Possibly for the Good Housekeeping Award, as the statue is seen in the one with Emmett Quan shaking hands.

Subject: ; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Sleeping Car Interior

Sleeping car being prepared, 1908. Two woman workers put cases on pillows.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Train_Cars; Format: Photographic Materials

Stenberg, Andrew

Vintage photograph of Andrew Stenberg of Roseland. He worked as a carpenter for The Pullman Company and owned a photography studio in the Casino Building in Pullman.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Roseland_Community; Casino_Building; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Stenberg, Andrew

Formal studio portrait of Andrew Stenberg, Roseland resident, employee of the Pullman Company and owner of photographic studio in the Casino Building in Pullman.

Subject: Roseland_Community; Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Company; Casino_Building; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Stenberg, Andrew

Formal studio portrait of Andrew Stenberg, Roseland resident, employee of the Pullman Company and owner of photographic studio in the Casino Building in Pullman.

Subject: Roseland_Community; Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Company; Casino_Building; Format: Photograph (all forms)

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 1953 October

Two-color magazine produced for employees of the Pullman Standard Co. 29 pages containint employee news and articles about Pullman factory sites around the country.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Train_Cars; Pullman_Standard_Car_Mfg_Company; Pullman_Rail_Travel; Pullman_Porters; Illinois_History; Chicago_History; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

The Carbuilder 1960 March and April

Three-color magazine produced for employees of the Pullman Standard Co. 29 pages containing employee news and articles about the Pullman factory sites around the country.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

The Carbuilder 1970 June

Four-color cover, two-color interior, magazine produced for employees of the Pullman Standard Co. 21 pages containing employee news and articles about Pullman factory sites around the country.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

The Carbuilder, 1960 July-August

Three-color magazine produced for employees of Pullman Standard Co. 29 pages containing emploee news and articles about Pullman factory sites around the country.

Subject: Regional; Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Train_Cars; Pullman_Standard_Car_Mfg_Company; Pullman_Rail_Travel; Pullman_Porters; Illinois_History; Chicago_History; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

The Parable of Pullman

Double-sided parchment paper, continued on reverse. History of Pullman.

Subject: Chicago_History; Historic_Reference; Illinois_History; Pullman_(General); Pullman_Company; Pullman_Labor_History; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

The Pullman Company Contracts

4"x7" black leather 3 ringed binder containing various Pullman Company contracts between porters, conductors, brakemen, etc. dating between 1948-1961.

Subject: ; Chicago_History; Historic_Reference; Labor_History,_other; Pullman_Company; Pullman_Workers; Reference; Format: Printed Materials - Other

The Pullman News

Magazine published by the Pullman Company, Chicago. Issue dedicated to The Pullman Employees in Service, dated January, 1944. Stories of various men and women serving during the war.

Subject: World_War_II; Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Company; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

The Pullman News

Newsletter booklet produced by The Pullman Company, with articles of regional interest and news about the Pullman Company and its employees.

Subject: Factory_Site; Pullman_Company; Pullman_People; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

The Town of Pullman

18-page typed reference guide. The Town of Pullman section compiled by Carol Tome. Hotel Florence section compiled by Martha Brislen. Corliss Engine section compiled by Frank Beberdick. Full record available for viewing at the Bertha Ludlam Reading Room in the Hotel Florence.

Subject: Arcade_Building; Barrett,_Nathan_Franklin; Beman,_Solon_Spencer; Corliss_Engine; Greenstone_Church; Hotel_Florence_History; Market_Hall; Pullman_Company; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Thomas Reid Crowder

Photograph of Dr. Thomas Reid Crowder, taken from building across the street from The Art Institute of Chicago. Dr. Crowder was Director of the Department of Sanitation and Surgery of the Pullman Company. Photograph was taken approximately 1 year before his death in 1942.

Subject: Pullman_Company; Pullman_Hospital; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Thomas Reid Crowder 1872-1942

Obituary/biography of Thomas Reid Crowder, reprinted from the Proceedings of the Institute of Medicine of Chicago, Vol. 14, No. 7, October 15, 1942

Subject: Pullman_(General); Pullman_Company; Pullman_Hospital; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Thomas Reid Crowder Letter

Letter copy typed by Thomas Crowder, to Peter____?, giving his biography. Letter is dated: Chicago - June 26, 1935.

Subject: Pullman_(General); Pullman_Company; Pullman_Hospital; Pullman_Workers; Format: Correspondence

Transfer Table

Digging out the Transfer Table. Workman shovel snow after major snow storm. Looking SSW towards Langley and 111th. The snow storm pictured is referenced in the Pullman Car Works Standard as occuring in 1918.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Standard_Car_Mfg_Company; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Tulipland Tree

Photocopied excerpts from "Tulipland Tree" book by Adelaide Teninga with personal recollection of Pullman employees and other Pullman-related articles.

Subject: Pullman_(General); Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Union Card - Local No. 4

Quarterly membership card for Local No. 4, Service Employees International Union. Dated Uly, Aug. Sept. 1969. Signed by Eimanic Sheahan. Found in the Hotel Florence Linen Room.

Subject: Hotel_Florence_History; Pullman_Labor_History; Pullman_People; Pullman_Workers; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Welders 1910

Welders working on car construction about 1910. Note foreman in straw hat and vest watching workers. Company moved from wooden car construction to metal about 1907.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Women in nineteenth century Pullman

copy of MA thesis to Department of History at the University of Arizona,1988. A study of the ideologies and realities surrounding women in nineteenth century Pullman.

Subject: Pullman_(General); Pullman_Workers; Pullman_People; Pullman_Labor_History; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Working in the Factory

Assembling metal cars - possibly in building 100 in the 1950s.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

WWI Rally in Calumet Shops

View looking west from Calumet Shop building past gate at 114th and Rock Island Tracks. Rear of 11300 block of Langley shown. Choir ladies in front row, marching drums at rest.

Subject: World_War_I; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

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