The Pullman Company, founded by George Pullman, was a manufacturer of railroad cars in the mid-to-late 19th century through the first half of the 20th...
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for company housing and low wages paid by the Pullman Company. His Pullman Company also hired black men to staff the Pullman cars, known as Pullman porters...
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Pullman is the term for railroad dining cars, lounge cars, and especially sleeping cars that were built and operated by the Pullman Company (founded by...
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the "company town" of Pullman just outside of Chicago. Pullman was designed as a model community by its namesake founder and owner George Pullman. Jennie...
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Middle-East and Oceania. The name Pullman was indirectly inspired by George Pullman (1831–1897), founder of the Pullman Company, a prosperous 19th-century,...
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berths, and serve passengers. Pullman porters served American railroads from the late 1860s until the Pullman Company ceased its United States operations...
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Look up Pullman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pullman may refer to: Pullman, Chicago, Illinois Pullman, Michigan Pullman, Texas Pullman, Washington...
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Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (redirect from Pullman Union)
their own communities. Working for the Pullman Company was, however, less glamorous than the image the company promoted. Porters depended on tips for...
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first-class coaches and a steward service, provided by the British Pullman Car Company (PCC) from 1874 until 1962, and then by British Railways from 1962...
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historic area is usually referred to as "North Pullman"). The development built by the Pullman Company is bounded by 103rd Street on the North, 115th...
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Pullman Yard or Pullman Yards is a former industrial complex in the Kirkwood neighborhood of Atlanta that is now an entertainment and residential district...
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The Pullman loaf, sometimes called the "sandwich loaf" or "pan bread", is a rectangular loaf of white bread baked in a long, narrow, lidded pan. The French...
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Sleeping car (redirect from Pullman sleeping car)
bought the Pullman Company from Pullman Incorporated, and subsequently railroads owned and operated Pullman-made sleeping cars themselves. Pullman-Standard...
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Gallery Car (redirect from Pullman Galley Car)
Pullman Company as the Pullman Gallery Car. It has had five total different manufacturers since its creation, including Budd, St. Louis Car Company,...
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became general counsel of the Pullman Company, and after founder George Pullman died in 1897, Lincoln assumed the company's presidency. After retiring from...
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The Ferdinand Magellan (also known as U.S. Car. No. 1) is a former Pullman Company private car that served as Presidential Rail Car, U.S. Number 1 from...
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of the Pullman Company and became one of the most well-known company towns in the United States, as well as the scene of the violent 1894 Pullman strike...
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The Pullman was an American automobile that was manufactured in York, Pennsylvania by the York Motor Car Company from 1905 to 1909 and the Pullman Motor...
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life: Wikimedia Commons has media related to British Pullman coaches. George Pullman Pullman Company (USA) GWR Super Saloons Clerestory, Wikipedia article...
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William Pullman (born December 17, 1953) is an American actor. After graduating with a Master of Fine Arts degree in theater, he was an adjunct professor...
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Midland Railway Pullman coach introduced in 1874, named "Midland" which was of clerestory roofed design, imported from the Pullman Company in the US and...
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forced the Pullman Company to divest ownership in the town, which was annexed to Chicago. However, government observers maintained that Pullman's principles...
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American Railway Union (section Pullman Strike)
the workers of the Pullman Palace Car Company launched a wildcat strike against their employer. The Pullman Company had begun a company town on the outskirts...
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the Pullman Car Company, which the British Transport Commission (BTC) had acquired in 1954. Shortly after their introduction, in 1962, the Pullman Car...
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Foundry Company 1912 Lounges Santa Fe #3231: parlor-club car Pullman Company 1914 Santa Fe #1363: Lounge-dormitory-barbershop San Bartolo, Pullman Company 1926...
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was initially inhabited by workers of the Pullman Train Company looking to escape the grip of the company town, but soon swelled with industrial workers...
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Pullman is the most populous city in Whitman County, located in southeastern Washington within the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. The population...
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Henry Sturgis Morgan (category American financial company founders)
Museum, served on the boards of J.P. Morgan & Co., General Electric and Pullman Company, served as trustee of the Groton School and Museum of Modern Art and...
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Society for the Prevention of Calling Sleeping Car Porters "George" (category Pullman Company)
name. The appellation may have stemmed from the name of George Pullman of the Pullman Company, which at one time manufactured and operated a large proportion...
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dining cars operated on passenger trains by the Pullman Company during the 19th and 20th centuries. Pullman kitchens are most common in apartments, where...
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