Pullman
Standard photograph collection [graphic], 1899-1929.
Finding Aid for the Collection at the Chicago History Museum, Research Center
By Diane Ryan; rev. by D. Rinder, 2008
© Copyright 2014, Chicago Historical Society, 1601 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614-6038
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Title:
Pullman Standard photograph collection [graphic]
Main entry: Pullman-Standard Car
Manufacturing Company
Inclusive dates: 1899-1929.
Size:
Call #: 1982.0157
PPL:
315 photographic prints
: b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
44 photographic prints
: b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
35 photographic prints
: b&w ; 11 x 14 in.
Call #: 1982.0157 PPN-0088:
3 negatives :
b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Call #: 1982.0157 PNN-0086:
30 negatives :
cellulose nitrate ; 8 x 10 in.
Call #: 1982.0157 PGN-0274-0288:
36 negatives :
glass ; 5 x 7 in.
ca. 300 negatives
: glass ; 8 x10 in.
33 negatives :
glass ; 11 x 14 in.
Accession #: 1982.0157
Restriction: To consult the
glass negatives in this collection in the Research Center it is necessary to
make an advance appointment (email: Research@chicagohistory.org
).
Restriction: Nitrate
negatives closed pending digitization.
Description of the collection:
Photographs
of the town and activities of Pullman, Ill. (now a Chicago community) after the
death of founder, industrialist and community planner George Pullman. Predominant are exteriors and interiors of industrial
buildings, some of which show men engaged in labor. Also includes several
photographs of Pullman manufactured railroad cars, including exteriors of
freight and passenger cars, interiors of parlor and passenger cars. Some scenes
show offices with men and women doing office work. Other scenes show the town's
buildings such as dwellings, the administration building, fire department,
hospital, library, Hotel Florence and the Arcade. Town activities show a few
parades, war bond rallies during World War I, Black military men posed in a
group, and a small baseball game. Also includes a few general cityscapes, town
plans and industrial scenes in winter. Includes portraits of
individual workers, of George Pullman and photographs of awards and memorial
plaques to him.
Most original photoprints
(Series 2-3) have matching photonegatives.
The
nitrate negatives are described in more detail in a separate record in the
online catalog with the title Pullman Standard nitrate negative collection and
an attached detailed list.
Gift
of Pullman Standard, Inc., 1969 (1982.0157).
Storage:
Box Lot (3 boxes of photoprints)
List of online catalog headings:
Pullman,
George Mortimer, 1831-1897
Cermak, Anton Joseph, 1873-1933
Pullman-Standard
Car Manufacturing Company
Pullman Company
Hotel
Florence (Chicago, Ill.)
Packard
Auto Body Shop (Chicago, Ill.)
Railroad
stations -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Railroad
shops & yards -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Railroad
tracks -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Students
-- Illinois -- Chicago.
Winter
-- Illinois -- Chicago.
Women
-- Work -- Illinois -- Chicago.
African
Americans -- Military service.
Baseball
-- Illinois -- Chicago.
Commercial
buildings -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Construction
industry -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Dwellings
-- Illinois -- Chicago.
Fire
departments -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Hospitals
-- Illinois -- Chicago.
Hotels
-- Illinois -- Chicago.
Industrial
buildings -- Alabama.
Industrial
buildings -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Industrial
buildings -- Pennsylvania.
Industrialists -- Illinois --
Chicago -- 1910-1919.
Laborers
-- Illinois -- Chicago.
Libraries. -- Illinois. -- Chicago.
Machinery
-- Illinois -- Chicago.
Offices
-- Illinois -- Chicago.
Parades & processions --
Illinois -- Chicago.
Plazas
-- Illinois -- Chicago.
Railroad
freight cars -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Railroad
passenger cars -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Pullman
(Chicago, Ill.)
Film
negatives.
Silver
gelatin prints.
Container
list of box and folder numbers and titles:
Call #: 1982.0157
PPL:
Series
1: Modern copy prints
Box 1
1 Bodies of
water
2 Cityscapes &
plans
3 Dwellings
4 Exhibits
5 Furnishings
6 Hospital
7 Industrial buildings
I
8 Industrial
buildings II
9 Industrial
buildings--Construction
10 Industrial
buildings--Northeast from Administration Building
11 Industry--Exteriors
12 Industry--Interiors
13 Industry--Packard
Auto Body Shop
14 Library
15 Monuments &
memorials
16 Offices
17 Parades &
processions
Box 2
1 People
2 Public &
semi-public buildings
3 Railroad
freight cars
4 Railroad
passenger cars
5 Railroad
passenger cars--Interiors
6 Railroads
7 Sports
8 War bonds & funds
9 Winter
Series
2: Original prints
10 Dwellings
11 Industrial
buildings
12 Industrial
buildings--Alabama
13 Industry--Exteriors
14 Industry--Interiors
15 People
16 Public
buildings
Series 3: 11 x 14 in. modern copy prints
Box 3
1 Administration &
commercial buildings
2 Awards to
George Pullman
3 Cityscapes
4 Fire
department
5 Industrial
buildings
6 Industrial
buildings--Pennsylvania
7 Railroad cars
8 Street
railroads
Call #: 1982.0157 PPN-0088:
B/w copy negatives
1 Administration Building
2 Exterior
Pullman car
3 Interior
Pullman car
dmr
5/18/88