Dates: | 1882-2008 |
Size: | 4 linear feet, 97 photographs, 1 scrapbook, 5 oversize folders |
Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL 60605 |
Collection Number: | Archives_HPC |
Provenance: | The material comprising the Historic Pullman Collection was brought together by the members of the Calumet Pioneer Historical Society, the Pullman Public Library, and other sources in the community. The collection was processed and made available for research in the Fall of 1982 as part of a local history grant from the Dr. Scholl Foundation. Items continue to be added through transfer and donation. |
Access: | No restrictions |
Citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Historic Pullman Collection [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library. |
Historical Note
The town of Pullman, Illinois was founded in 1880 by George M. Pullman as a site for his car-building operations (Pullman Palace Car Company) and to house his employees. The area originally purchased by Pullman covered nearly 4000 acres and ran from 87th Street to 130th Street. The developed area was much smaller and was bounded by South Langley Street to the east, Cottage Grove to the west, 115th Street to the south, and continuing a few blocks north of 111th Street. Pullman saw many advantages in the Calumet site, including the topography and fertility of the soil. He also believed that in choosing this area for his model town, it was far enough removed from what he called the “evil influences” of the City of Chicago, and would prove to make better and more content workers. Also important were commercial and industrial factors. As Chicago was the transportation center of the Midwest, all railroads entering the city passed through the Calumet region.
The master builder of Pullman was Solon Spencer Beman, a young architect from New York. He was commissioned by George Pullman to begin designing the town in 1879. Together with landscape architect Nathan F. Barrett, complete plans for the buildings and grounds of the town were laid out, and construction began in the spring of 1880. By the following year, the first residents began to move in, and the company car shops went into operation. The town gradually began to take shape as residences, public buildings, paved streets and parks were built, but it wasn’t until 1884 that this undertaking was completed.
Many people seeking employment were now attracted to this area, and Pullman soon became the focal point for the continued development and expansion of the Calumet region. As a result of this growth, the town was annexed to the City of Chicago in 1889 along with the Village of Hyde Park.
For the next few years, the town continued to grow, and the production level of the Pullman Palace Car Company was high, until 1893 when the country entered another business depression due to the over expansion of the railroad industry. As a result, George Pullman laid off many employees and drastically cut wages. The employees were already unhappy with the high cost of living in the town, and angry because the wages were cut, whereas rent and other expenses stayed the same. They soon decided to take action in the form of a grievance committee. George Pullman was unwilling to compromise, and the Pullman Strike of 1894 was the result, which served as a milestone in the continuing development of the labor movement.
Three years later George Pullman died, and drastic policy changes were made in the company that would affect the whole town. A decision by the Illinois Supreme Court in 1898, forced the company to relinquish all of its non-industrial property. Though the deadline for this was postponed, nearly half of the available property in the town fell into private ownership. When the company finally sold its non-industrial property, it also discontinued the maintenance of the buildings and grounds, and the physical appearance of the town declined.
A large turnover in population also contributed to the town’s decline. In 1908 the company switched to all-steel car production, and as a result skilled workers were no longer needed. Many moved away and were replaced by unskilled immigrants. This trend continued until the late 1920s, when the community began to stabilize, and the town of Pullman became just another Chicago neighborhood.
Today the town of Pullman stands as a historical and architectural link to the past. Though many of the original buildings have been demolished (the Pullman School in 1913, the Arcade Building in 1926, and the Water Tower in the 1950s) others such as the Administration Building and Clock Tower, the Greenstone (Pullman Methodist) Church, the Hotel Florence and numerous residences are still standing.
In 1969, the Pullman district was designated an Illinois Historic Landmark, a National Landmark, in 1970, and a Chicago Landmark in 1972. In 2015, the National Park Service named Pullman a National Monument.
Scope and Content
Series 1: The Pullman Company, 1892-1979
The material in this series includes such items as annual reports, brochures, bulletins, news clippings and related material. The files are divided into two separate categories:
Subseries A: Articles on the Pullman Company
Comprising general information on the building, employees, and the company itself including items such as brochures, news clippings, and excerpts and reprints of articles from various professional journals. The material is alphabetical by subject.
Subseries B: Publications of the Pullman Company
The publications of the company includes such as annual reports, informational brochures, and weekly bulletins and newsletters. The material is alphabetical by subject.
Series 2: The Pullman Family, 1929-1948
This small series of two files is comprised of biographical data on George Pullman and various members of his family, and a reprint of his will made in 1897.
Series 3: The Pullman Free School of Manual Training, 1916-1950
The items contained in this series include announcements, news clippings, programs and publications covering the forty-year history of the school. The material is separated into two distinct categories:
Subseries A: Programs and Activities
The activities of the student body are reflected in this small series by announcements, news clippings and programs. The material is arranged in alphabetical order by type of material.
Subseries B: High School Publication
This large series contains a complete set of the school yearbook, the Pullman Annual, which in its early years was published twice yearly, from its beginning in 1921, to 1950 when the school finally closed its doors. The yearbooks are arranged in chronological order.
Series 4: The Pullman Educational Foundation, 1958, 1977
This small series of two file folders consists of news clippings and reports on the Pullman Educational Foundation, the organization that was set up by George Pullman to fund a school for the children of his employees. The material is alphabetical by subject.
Series 5: The Pullman Strike, 1894, 1939, 1946
The material in this series includes a booklet by the Rev. William Carwardine, an active participant in the strike, reprints of articles written during the strike, and reports and statements made by the company, the employees and George Pullman. The files are arranged in alphabetically order by type of material and by title within.
Series 6: Pullman Town, 1882-1972
This series contains items such as articles, brochures, historical sketches, news clippings, programs and related material on the business establishments, organizations, people, and schools of Pullman, Illinois. The files are divided into two distinct categories:
Subseries A: Community History, 1880s-1970s
The history of the town and the functions of the various organizations such as the Pullman Athletic Association, Pullman Land Association and the Women’s Society of Pullman are reflected in this series through brochures, historical sketches, news clippings and programs. Of special interest is a demographic questionnaire from the 1880s, which is very similar to the census of today, though much more detailed. The material is alphabetical by subject.
Subseries B: Community Publications, 1893-1977
Many of the publications of this series were written by residents of the town, such as Bertha Chadwick Medsker’s series of articles on pioneers of Pullman which appeared weekly in the Calumet Index in 1954 & 1955, or “Our Community,” a monthly bulletin published by the Pullman Trust & Savings Bank, which included articles on the past and current activities of the town. Also included is Pullman-The City of Brick, by H.R. Koopman, a local photographer whose photographs and narratives of the area captured much of its history in detail. Other publications include student dissertations, and reprints of articles from professional journals. The material is arranged in alphabetical order by title.
Photographs
Approximately 97 photographs appear in the collection and are listed at the end of this guide. Local photographer, Henry R. Koopman, took the majority of the photographs.
Supplement 1
Box 9, Folders 13-20 and Box 10, Folders 4-6 were added in January 2019.
The following books were transferred to the Special Collections Book collection:
TF457 .B4 | Beebe, Lucius, Mr. Pullman’s Elegant Palace Car, 1961 |
F549 .P97 D6 | Doty, Mrs. Duane, The Town of Pullman: Its Growth with Brief Accounts of Its Industries, 1893 |
TF457 .H8 | Husband, Joseph, The Story of the Pullman Car, 1917 |
HD5325 .R12 1894 C54 | Lindsey, Almont, The Pullman Strike:The Story of a Unique Experiment and of a Great Labor Upheaval, 1942 |
TF140 .P8 M93 | Myers, Elisabeth P. George Pullman, Young Sleeper Car Builder, 1963 |
HD5325 .R1 1894 C582 | United States Strike Commission, Report on the Chicago Strike of June-July, 1894, 1895 |
HD5325 .R12 1894 C6 | Warne, Colston E., ed., The Pullman Boycott of 1894: The Problem of Federation Intervention, 1955 |
Important subjects and personalities covered throughout the collection
- The Arcade Building
- “Our Pullman Pioneers”
- The Pullman Athletic Association
- The Pullman Band (see Audio-Visual Collection, Appendix A)
- The Pullman Company: Annual Reports and Statements; The Carbuilder; The Pullman Journal; The Pullman News; Pullman Production Methods
- The Pullman Family
- The Pullman Free School of Manual Training: The Pullman Annual
- The Pullman Strike
- Pullman Town as a Social Experiment
- The Pullman Trust & Savings Bank
Related Materials
- George A. Brennan Papers
- Calumet-Pioneer Historical Society Records
- Calumet Region Community Collection
- Fenger High School Records
- Ton Family Papers
Container List
Series 1: The Pullman Company
Subseries A: Articles on the Pullman Company
Box 1 | Folder 1 | Building, razing of, news clippings, 1955-1957 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 | Employees, news clippings, 1940s |
Box 1 | Folder 3 | News clippings, general, 1940s and 1950s |
Box 1 | Folder 4 | Pullman Journal and Pullman Review, excerpts, 1890s and circa 1940 |
Box 1 | Folder 5 | Pullman, pamphlet, circa 1900 |
Box 1 | Folder 6 | “The Pullman Exhibit at the Cotton States and International Exposition, 1895,” (reprint), The Atlanta Quarterly, December 22, 1895 |
Box 1 | Folder 7 | “Pullman Inc.,” Fortune, January 1938 (see oversize) |
Box 1 | Folder 8 | Pullman Incorporated,” Fortune, February 1938 (see oversize) |
Oversize 1 | “Pullman, Inc.,” Fortune magazine, January 1938 | |
Oversize 2 | “Pullman, Inc.,” Fortune magazine, February 1938 | |
Box 1 | Folder 9 | “The Pullman Monopoly Case,” by D. Maw, 1954 (typescript) |
Box 1 | Folder 10 | The Story of Pullman, World Columbian Exposition, 1893 |
Box 1 | Folder 11 | War industry and the Pullman Company, news clippings, 1940s |
Series 1: The Pullman Company
Subseries B: Publications of the Pullman Company
Box 9 | Folder 13 | Advertisement, 1937 |
Box 1 | Folder 12 | Annual reports and statements, 1892 |
Box 1 | Folder 13 | Annual reports and statements, 1914-1921 |
Box 1 | Folder 14 | Annual reports and statements, 1922-1925 |
Box 1 | Folder 15 | Annual reports and statements, 1929-1931 |
Box 1 | Folder 16 | Annual reports and statements, 1936-1939 |
Box 1 | Folder 17 | Annual reports and statements, 1944, 1946-1949 |
Box 1 | Folder 18 | Annual reports and statements, 1950, 1952-1953 |
Box 1 | Folder 19 | Brochures – employee benefits, 1924; general, 1939, undated |
Box 1 | Folder 20 | The Carbuilder, March 1955, August-September 1955, July-August 1961 |
Box 1 | Folder 21 | The Carbuilder, numbers 1 and 3, 1972 |
Box 1 | Folder 22 | The Carbuilder, 1978-1979 |
Box 2 | Folder 1 | Pullman Air Conditioning System, Instruction and Service Manual, May 1, 1934 |
Box 2 | Folder 2 | Pullman Air Conditioning System, Instruction and Service Manual, May 1, 1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 3 | Pullman Aircraft Manual, 1942 |
Box 2 | Folder 4 | The Pullman Car Works Standard, May 1917-April 1918 (bound) |
Box 2 | Folder 5 | The Pullman Car Works Standard, May 1918-April 1919 (bound) |
Box 2 | Folder 6 | The Pullman Car Works Standard, May 1919-August 1919 (bound) |
Oversize 5 | Pullman Loaf − bread label (?) or advertisement illustration (?) (orange/blue) on waxed paper. 18” x 20,” undated | |
Box 10 | Folder 2 | The Pullman Co. Manufacturing Dept. (English/Spanish text), 2 copies with variations |
Box 2 | Folder 7 | The Pullman News, May 1922-April 1923 (bound) |
Box 3 | Folder 1 | The Pullman News, May 1923-April 1924 (bound) |
Box 3 | Folder 2 | The Pullman News, May 1924-April 1925 (bound) |
Box 3 | Folder 3 | The Pullman News, March 1931 |
Box 3 | Folder 4 | The Pullman News, January 1932 (partial), August 1939 (partial) |
Box 3 | Folder 5 | The Pullman News, January, April, July, October 1946 |
Box 3 | Folder 6 | The Pullman News, April, June 1947 |
Box 3 | Folder 7 | The Pullman News, January 1948 |
Box 3 | Folder 8 | Pullman Productions Methods: (vol. I, Team Leadership), 1926 |
Box 3 | Folder 9 | Pullman Productions Methods: (vol. III, Handling Equipment), 1926 |
Box 3 | Folder 10 | Pullman Productions Methods: (vol. V, Planning and Organizing), 1927 |
Box 3 | Folder 11 | Pullman Productions Methods: (vol. VI, Management), 1927 |
Box 3 | Folder 12 | Pullman Progress, brochure, 1929 |
Box 3 | Folder 13 | The Pullman Standard Carworker, July 28, 1944; December 14, 1945; December 30, 1946; July 25, 1947; February 6, 1948; June 17, 1949; June 30, 1950 (see oversize) |
Oversize 4 | The Pullman Standard Carworker: July 28, 1944; December 14, 1945; December 30, 1946; July 25, 1947; February 6, 1948; June 17, 1949, June 30, 1950 | |
Box 3 | Folder 14 | “Remarks of Mr. Champ Carry before the New York Society of Security Analysts,” November 19, 1953 |
Box 3 | Folder 15 | “Report to Employees,” 1979 |
Box 3 | Folder 16 | “The Story of Pullman Incorporated,” circa 1950s |
Series 2: The Pullman Family
Box 4 | Folder 1 | Biographical Data, articles and typescripts, 1929, 1931, 1948, undated |
Box 4 | Folder 2 | Biographical Data, news clippings, 1897, 1930s, 1950s, 1974 |
Box 4 | Folder 3 | Will of George Mortimer Pullman, reprint, circa 1897 |
Series 3: The Pullman Free School of Manual Training
Subseries A: Programs and Activities
Box 4 | Folder 4 | Announcements, 1916, 1929, 1936, 1942, 1946 |
Box 4 | Folder 5 | News clippings, 1940s, 1950 |
Box 4 | Folder 6 | Programs, graduation exercises, 1949, 1950 |
Series 3: The Pullman Free School of Manual Training
Subseries B: High School Publications
Box 4 | Folder 7 | Pullman Annual, June 1921 |
Box 4 | Folder 8 | Pullman Annual, June 1922 |
Box 4 | Folder 9 | Pullman Annual, June 1923 |
Box 4 | Folder 10 | Pullman Annual, January 1924 |
Box 4 | Folder 11 | Pullman Annual, June 1924 |
Box 4 | Folder 12 | Pullman Annual, February 1925 |
Box 4 | Folder 13 | Pullman Annual, June 1925 |
Box 4 | Folder 14 | Pullman Annual, 1926 |
Box 4 | Folder 15 | Pullman Annual, 1927 |
Box 5 | Folder 1 | Pullman Annual, 1928 |
Box 5 | Folder 2 | Pullman Annual, 1929 |
Box 5 | Folder 3 | Pullman Annual, 1930 |
Box 5 | Folder 4 | Pullman Annual, 1931 |
Box 5 | Folder 5 | Pullman Annual, 1932 |
Box 5 | Folder 6 | Pullman Annual, 1933 |
Box 5 | Folder 7 | Pullman Annual, 1934 |
Box 5 | Folder 8 | Pullman Annual, 1935 |
Box 5 | Folder 9 | Pullman Annual, 1936 |
Box 5 | Folder 10 | Pullman Annual, 1937 |
Box 5 | Folder 11 | Pullman Annual, 1938 |
Box 6 | Folder 1 | Pullman Annual, 1939 |
Box 6 | Folder 2 | Pullman Annual, 1940 |
Box 6 | Folder 3 | Pullman Annual, 1941 |
Box 6 | Folder 4 | Pullman Annual, 1942 |
Box 6 | Folder 5 | Pullman Annual, 1943 |
Box 6 | Folder 6 | Pullman Annual, 1944 |
Box 6 | Folder 7 | Pullman Annual, 1945 |
Box 7 | Folder 1 | Pullman Annual, 1946 |
Box 7 | Folder 2 | Pullman Annual, 1947 |
Box 7 | Folder 3 | Pullman Annual, 1948 |
Box 7 | Folder 4 | Pullman Annual, 1949 |
Box 7 | Folder 5 | Pullman Annual, 1950 |
Box 9 | Folder 14 | Pullman Manual newspaper, 1947 March 3; 1948 January-December |
Box 9 | Folder 15 | Pullman Manual newspaper, 1949 January-December |
Box 9 | Folder 16 | Pullman Manual newspaper, 1950 February-March |
Series 4: The Pullman Educational Foundation
Box 7 | Folder 6 | News clippings, 1958 |
Box 7 | Folder 7 | Report, 1977 |
Series 5: The Pullman Strike
Box 7 | Folder 8 | The Pullman Strike, by Rev. William H. Carwardine, 1894 |
Box 7 | Folder 9 | The Pullman Strike of 1894, by Donald Ennis, 1946 |
Box 7 | Folder 10 | “Organized Labor Demands,” July 20, 1894 |
Box 7 | Folder 11 | “Paternalism and the Pullman Strike,” American Historical Review, January 1939 |
Box 7 | Folder 12 | “The Report on the Chicago Strike,” The Nation, November 22, 1894; “Revolutionary Statesmanship,” Harper’s Weekly, November 24, 1894 |
Box 7 | Folder 13 | “The Strike at Pullman. Published Statements of the Company Made During Its Continuance,” 1894 |
Box 7 | Folder 14 | “The Strike at Pullman: Statements of President Geo. M. Pullman and Vice President T. H. Wickes, Before the U. S. Strike Commission,” 1894 |
Series 6: The Pullman Town
Subseries A: Community History
Box 7 | Folder 15 | Arcade Building and Theatre, articles, undated; historical sketch, undated; news clippings, 1946, 1959; pamphlet, 1951; programs, 1883, 1901 |
Box 8 | Folder 1 | Athletic Clubs, news clippings, 1940s, 1950s |
Box 8 | Folder 2 | Biographical data, B-W, news clippings, 1939, 1940s |
Box 8 | Folder 2a | Biography: Randolph, Asa Phillip (1889-1979) – obituary, 1979 |
Box 8 | Folder 3 | Business Establishments, general, news clippings, 1880s, 1940s, 1950s |
Box 8 | Folder 4 | Business Establishments, Pullman Trust & Savings Bank, annual report, 1949,1960; news clippings, 1940s, 1950s; brochures and publications, 1983, undated |
Box 8 | Folder 5 | Business Establishments, R. C. Hardy, Real Estate, receipt, 1883 |
Box 8 | Folder 6 | Clock Tower, news clippings, 1940s, 1950s |
Box 8 | Folder 7 | Demographic questionnaire, circa 1885 |
Box 8 | Folder 8 | Greenstone (Pullman Methodist) Church, anniversary brochure, 1957; news clippings, 1950s, 1960s |
Box 8 | Folder 9 | Hotel Florence: historical sketch, undated; news clippings, 1948-2001 |
Box 8 | Folder 10 | Landmark Preservation (The Beman Committee), news clippings and report, 1968-1969 |
Box 8 | Folder 11 | Men’s Society of Pullman, articles of association and by laws, 1895; news clippings, 1895 |
Box 8 | Folder 12 | News clippings, general, 1880s, 1930s-2008 |
Box 9 | Folder 17 | Postcards and note cards, undated |
Box 8 | Folder 13 | Pullman Athletic Association, ribbon, May 30, 1895 |
Box 8 | Folder 14 | Pullman Athletic Club, certificates of incorporation, 1882; programs and stock subscription list, 1880s, 1904 |
Box 10 | Folder 3 | Pullman Athletic Club, certificate of incorporation, 1882; program Annual Spring Games, 1904. |
Box 8 | Folder 15 | Pullman Land Association, map, 1904 (oversize) |
Oversize 3 | Pullman Land Association’s sketch plat of land leased to Wm. D. Hastings. The Pullman Company, 1904 | |
Box 8 | Folder 16 | Pullman Military Band, programs, circa 1900 |
Box 8 | Folder 17 | Pullman Township School, newspaper, The Pullman Press, September/October 1949 |
Box 10 | Folder 1 | Scrapbook of Pullman Town, 1880s-1927. Contains news clippings from various local papers such as the Calumet Index, The Christian Leader, The Sunday Herald and the Pullman Journal, excerpts of articles from various professional journals such as The Nation and Railway Review, and a number of programs and pamphlets giving a brief history of the Town of Pullman. The scrapbook covers such subjects as the Pullman Free School of Manual Training, the Pullman Palace Car Company, the Pullman Public Library, and the Pullman Trust and Savings Bank, from the early 1880s to 1927. |
Box 9 | Folder 12 | Tax Receipt Book, A. Overton, 1882-1896 |
Box 8 | Folder 18 | Women’s Society of Pullman, news clipping, 1893 |
Series 6: The Pullman Town
Subseries B: Community Publications
Boxes 11-13 | Vols. 1-3 |
Arcade Journal (Newspaper: Pullman, Illinois) Volume 1–Volume 3, (complete) November 30, 1889-December 21, 1892. Continued as: Pullman Journal, Vol. IV No. 2, January 14, 1893; Vol. V No. 26 June 30, 1894 Jun 30 (both laid in Volume 3) |
Box 9 | Folder 18 | “Final Report to Governor George H. Ryan and Mayor Richard M. Daley,” by the Pullman Factory Task Force, A Joint Task Force of the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago, 2000 June 28 |
Box 9 | Folder 11 | “Fra Chicago til Omaha” by M.C.S. Topsoe (photocopy); Kopenhagen, 1872 (Includes description of Pullman.) |
Box 9 | Folder 19 | Historic Pullman Foundation: Brochures and guided tours, 1970s-1990s |
Box 10 | Folder 4 | Historic Pullman Foundation: Historic Pullman House Tour posters and brochures, 1981-1982, 2005-2007 |
Box 10 | Folder 5 | Historic Pullman Foundation: Pullman Journal, 1978-1983 |
Box 8 | Folder 19 | “Our Community,” published by the Pullman Trust & Savings Bank, 1958-1962 (various issues) |
Box 8 | Folder 20 | “Our Pullman Pioneers,” by Bertha Chadwick Medsker – newspaper series, 1954. Includes index created in 1993. |
Box 8 | Folder 21 | “Pullman-America’s First Planned Industrial Town,” by Irving K. Pond, a collaborator and eyewitness, circa 1933 |
Box 8 | Folder 22 | Pullman-The City of Brick, by H. R. Koopman, 1893 |
Box 10 | Folder 6 | Pullman Flyer newspaper, 1989, 1999 |
Box 8 | Folder 23 | “Pullman: A Social Experiment,” To-Day, January 1895, by Charles H. Eaton, D.D. |
Box 8 | Folder 24 | “Pullman: A Social Study,” Harper’s Weekly – reprint (1885), by Richard L. Ely |
Box 8 | Folder 25 | “The Pride of Pullman,” article reprinted from the Inter-Ocean, January 1893 |
Box 9 | Folder 1-6 | “Pullman: A Social Study,” doctoral dissertation by Almont Lindsey, undated |
Box 9 | Folder 7 |
“Report of Commissioners of the State Bureaus of Labor Statistics on the Industrial, Social and Economic Conditions of Pullman, Illinois,” September 1884 |
Box 9 | Folder 20 |
South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society brochure, undated |
Box 9 | Folder 8 | A Summary of Information on the South Pullman District, Commission on Chicago Historic and Architectural Landmarks, June 1972 |
Box 9 | Folder 9 | Touring Pullman, by William Adelman, 1977 |
Box 9 | Folder 10 | “A Town of Pullman: America’s First Model Town,” W.P.A. Adult Education Program, Chicago Board of Education, 1936 |
Photographs
Businesses:
Photograph 1.1 | Aerial view, Pullman looking south, from smoke stack, 1905 |
Photograph 1.2 | Aerial view, Pullman looking southwest, Administrative Building and Clock Tower, 1905 |
Photograph 1.3 | Aerial view, Pullman looking southwest, Palmer Park, Administrative Building and Clock Tower, 1905 |
Photograph 1.4 | Administration Building and Clock Tower, Lake Vista, 1894 |
Photograph 1.5 | Administration Building and Clock Tower, Lake Vista, circa 1894 |
Photograph 1.6a | Administrative Building and Clock Tower, circa 1890 |
Photograph 1.6b | Administrative Building and Clock Tower, circa 1890 (same as Photograph 1.6a) |
Photograph 1.7a | Administrative Building and Clock Tower, Pullman Car Works, 1892 |
Photograph 1.7b | Administrative Building and Clock Tower, Pullman Car Works, 1892 (same as Photograph 1.7a) |
Photograph 1.8 | Administration Building and Clock Tower, looking south towards Hotel Florence, c. 1887 |
Photograph 1.9a | Administrative Building and Clock Tower, winter scene, circa 1893 |
Photograph 1.9b | Administrative Building and Clock Tower, winter scene, circa 1893 (same as Photograph 1.9a) |
Photograph 1.10 | Administrative Building and Clock Tower, winter, “front of car shops”, undated |
Photograph 1.11a | Administrative Building and Clock Tower, front view, “the sheer beauty,” undated |
Photograph 1.11b | Administrative Building and Clock Tower, front view, “the sheer beauty,” undated (same as Photograph 1.11b) |
Photograph 1.12 | Administration Building and Clock Tower – front view, Lake Vista, undated |
Photograph 3.1 | Arcade Building, exterior, undated |
Photograph 1.13 | Assembly Plant, employees outside gates, circa 1890 |
Photograph 1.14 | Assembly Plant, employees, circa 1890 |
Photograph 1.15 | Assembly Plant, Judson Pneumatic Motor Car, circa 1891 |
Photograph 1.16 | Assembly Plant, Old Chair Car, built at Pullman, #536, 1891 |
Photograph 1.17 | Assembly Plant, early steel car (?), circa 1890 |
Photograph 1.18 | Assembly Plant, freight car #7137 built at 103rd St. Shop, 1897 |
Photograph 1.19 | Assembly Plant, early sleeping car, 1889-1893 |
Photograph 1.20 | Assembly Plant, railroad car interiors, with stove, undated |
Photograph 1.21 | Assembly Plant, railroad car interiors, 1889-1893 |
Photograph 1.22 | Assembly Plant, railroad car interiors, 1889-1893 |
Photograph 1.23 | Assembly Plant, railroad car interiors, 1889-1893 |
Photograph 1.24 | Assembly Plant, railroad car interiors, sleeping car, 1889-1893 |
Photograph 1.25 | Assembly Plant, street (cable) car, circa 1891 |
Photograph 1.26 | Early street car #41, circa 1891 |
Photograph 1.27 | Assembly Plant, Pullman Electric Street Railway car, circa 1890 |
Photograph 1.28 | Axel Department, employees, 1883 (Photo Oversize Box 1) |
Photograph 1.29 | Corliss Engine (1910), miniature replica, 1949 |
Photograph 1.30 | Engineering Department, interior and employees, circa 1917 |
Photograph 1.31 | Mr. Gardner, George Pullman’s first partner, undated |
Photograph 2.1 | Hotel Florence, undated |
Photograph 1.53 | Hotel Florence, exterior, undated |
Photograph 1.54 | Hotel Florence, exterior, undated |
Photograph 1.55 | Hotel Florence and Arcade from Lake Vista, undated |
Photograph 1.56 | Hotel Florence, exterior, undated |
Photograph 1.57 | Hotel Florence, exterior, 1957 |
Photograph 3.2 | Interior of early sleeping car, undated |
Photograph 3.3 | Interior of Pullman factory [?], undated |
Photograph 1.32 | Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing, exterior, 1959 |
Photograph 1.33 | Pullman Strike, Arcade Building with troops, 1894 |
Photograph 1.82 | Pullman Trust and Savings Bank, bank vault, circa 1908 |
Photograph 1.83 | Pullman Trust and Savings Bank, President, Edward F. Bryant, circa 1924 |
Photograph 3.4 | Pullman Works, freight plant, 1915 |
Photograph 1.34 | Sewing Room, employees, 1916 |
Photograph 1.37 | George M. Pullman’s private railroad car, undated |
Churches
Photograph 1.50 | Greenstone (Pullman Methodist), circa 1880s |
Photograph 1.51 | Greenstone (Pullman Methodist), circa 1890s |
Photograph 1.52 | Greenstone (Pullman Methodist), 1957 |
Clubs and Organizations
Photograph 1.85 | Pullman Associated Football Team, 1907 (Photo Oversize Map Case) |
Photograph 1.63 | Pullman Associated Football Club, 1912 |
Photograph 1.78 | Pullman Athletic Club, 1882/3 (Photo Oversize Map Case) |
Photograph 1.64 | Pullman Athletic Club, 1912 |
Photograph 1.65 | Pullman Band, undated |
Photograph 1.66 | Pullman Band, undated |
Photograph 1.67 | Pullman Band, undated |
Photograph 1.68 | Pullman Band, undated |
Photograph 1.69 | Pullman Band, undated |
Photograph 1.70 | Pullman Band, undated |
Photograph 1.71 | Pullman Band, undated |
Photograph 1.72 | Pullman Band, undated |
Photograph 1.73 | Pullman Band at Encampment in Springfield, Ill., undated |
Photograph 1.74 | Pullman Band, collage of 19 original photos, undated |
Photograph 1.84 | Pullman Car Works Baseball League, 1917 (Photo Oversize Map Case) |
Photograph 1.75 | Pullman Cricket Club, undated |
Photograph 1.76 | Pullman Cricket Club, team photo, 1900 (Photo Oversize Box 1) |
Photograph 1.77 | Pullman Cricket Club, team photo, 1902 |
Photograph 3.6 | Pullman Cricket Club, [?] 1895 |
Photograph 1.86 | (Photo Oversize Map Case) |
Photograph 1.87 | (Photo Oversize Map Case) |
Photograph 1.88 | (Photo Oversize Map Case) |
Municipal Agencies
Photograph 1.38 | Arcade Building, exterior, circa 1900 (Photo Oversize Box 1) |
Photograph 1.39a | Arcade Building, exterior, circa 1890 |
Photograph 1.39b | Arcade Building, exterior, circa 1890 (same as Photograph 1.39a) |
Photograph 1.40 | Arcade Building, interior furnace room, circa 1890 |
Photograph 1.41a | Arcade Building, exterior, 112th St. looking west, circa 1895 |
Photograph 1.41b | Arcade Building, exterior, 112th St. looking west, circa 1895 (same as Photograph 1.41a) |
Photograph 1.42 | Arcade Building, interior of theater, circa 1890 |
Photograph 1.43 | Arcade Building, interior of theater, circa 1890 |
Photograph 1.45 | Fire Department, exterior, men with equipment, circa 1890 |
Photograph 1.46 | Fire Department, employees, circa 1902 |
Photograph 1.47 | Fire Department, volunteer fire department testing new type of net, 1902 |
Parks
Photograph 1.79 | Pullman Park, 1892 |
Portraits
Photograph 1.35 | Pullman, George Mortimer, undated |
Photograph 1.36 | Pullman, Mrs. George Mortimer (Photo Oversize Map Case) |
Photograph 3.7 | Svensson, Nils (1867-1914), carpenter at Pullman Works, circa 1903 |
Schools
Photograph 1.80 | Pullman School, 113th and Cottage Grove, exterior, 1894 |
Photograph 1.81 | Pullman School, 113th and Cottage Grove, exterior, circa 1894 |
Streets
Photograph 1.44 | Cottage Grove Avenue, Lake Vista being filled in to let Cottage Grove Avenue through and I.C. tracks become elevated, circa 1900 |
Photograph 1.48 | Florence Boulevard, circa 1890s |
Photograph 1.49 | Fulton Street, looking north, undated |
Photograph 1.60 | Labor Day Parade, tinsmiths parade, 111th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue, 1901 |
Photograph 1.61 | Labor Day Parade, 1901 |
Photograph 1.62 | Labor Day Parade, 1901 |
Transportation
Photograph 1.58 | Illinois Central Railroad Station, 11th Street and Michigan Avenue, Pullman, undated |
Photograph 1.59 | Illinois Central Railroad Station, 111th Street and Michigan Avenue, Pullman, 1890 |
Photograph 2.2 | Pullman double decker trolley car, undated |
Photograph 3.5 | Pullman Railroad, montage of 3 images, circa 1900 |