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*A couple of years after the Civil War, a Chicago businessman by the name of George M. Pullman had begun hiring thousands of former slaves to serve White passengers that traveled in luxurious railroad ...

As Jessica Morgan led a tour of a new exhibit on Pullman porters at the Rosenberg Railroad Museum last week, trains occasionally rumbled past on tracks behind the building. At one point, the museum ...

Pullman porters, who wore dignified uniforms, traveled cross country, and met celebrities and dignitaries, seemed to live glamorous lives. They often transported black newspapers to areas where black ...

VICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) – A charismatic centenarian believed to be the oldest surviving Pullman railcar porter has died at his Southern California desert home at age 107. Brother Andrew Isaacs tells ...

Please check your inbox for your confirmation. After Lyn Hughes took a walking tour of Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood in 1990, she decided to create a museum around its critical connection to the ...

The Pullman porter, whose gentle manner, endless smile and willingness to please, was once one of America’s most recognized and ubiquitous figures for the traveling public, but behind that welcoming ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The rails in Pullman are empty, but the company town was bustling in the late 1800s. "Men, women and children coming from all corners of the world and all striving for the opportunity ...

Last week, the Pullman Porter, most famed servant in the U. S., started to go on strike. Then, at the last moment, he changed his mind, “for obvious reasons.” But he said he would strike some other ...

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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Part of a Pullman porter's job was to ...