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MANAGING THE RAILWAYS; THE YEAR'S PROFITS OF THE PULLMAN COMPANY.RE-ELECTING THE OLD DIRECTORS, HEARINGTHE FINANCIAL STATEMENT, AND MAKING A REGULAR AND SPECIAL DIVIDEND.
Pullman: a man, a company, a town, a movement.- Oftentimes, they would have these newspapers and throw them off the back of the trains and through word of mouth, local youth, in particular would ...
THE PULLMAN COMPANY SUED.; CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING TWO ENGLISHMEN OF THEIR LANDS. Give this article Aug. 16, 1883 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from August 16 ...
This year’s 51st annual Historic Pullman House Tour is Oct. 12-13 featuring 6 homes, including one now owned by Andy and Linda Bullen.
On Wednesday, Ray Quiroz, 86, and his brother Al Quiroz, 88—two of the last living Pullman Company employees still residing in the neighborhood—reflected on the park’s significance.
The little-known story of the wives and maids who helped propel the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters to a groundbreaking agreement with the Pullman Company.
- The company itself actually had no restriction to race who would live in the town of Pullman but let's face it, there were societal limitations based on race.
Since the Pullman Company began employing Black men — many former slaves — as porters to wait on passengers in 1867, they were simply called “George” as a derogatory acknowledgment that ...
Pullman has deep ties to the national labor movement through two major labor actions; the first being a major strike in 1894 among Pullman Car Company workers in the company town, disrupting the ...
History of Pullman National Monument The Town of Pullman, now known as the Pullman Historic District, was built around the Pullman Palace Car Company, founded by George M. Pullman in 1867.
The shop doubles as the headquarters of the Pullman House Project, an endeavor from neighbors who volunteer to give tours of actual homes Pullman Company workers once lived in. Customers are free ...
‘Pullman Company Maids’ exhibit captures Black women’s work experience during Jim Crow Long overshadowed by the porter men, the maids were smaller in number. Often they were the only Black ...