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Pullman, George Mortimer
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Pullman, George Mortimer (1831–97). American industrial designer and philanthropist. He settled in Chicago, IL, in 1855, where he established a thriving business constructing roads and elevating buildings above the water level of Lake Michigan. In 1858 he established his company to manufacture railway sleeping-cars, and he can be credited with the introduction of comfort, and even luxury, to railway travel. From 1869 he began to develop land south of Chicago, and, taking his cue from experiments in England by, e.g. Lever and Salt, determined to build a
Company town for the workforce in his factories, and employed
Barrett as his landscape-architect, and
Beman as his architect to achieve this. Pullman, IL, was built 1880–95, and was regarded as an exceptionally well-designed model industrial town.
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Pullman a sleeper; Spending alone won't manufacture tourism.(historic preservation and tourism development dogged by weak economy)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Crain's Chicago Business; 7/8/2002; ; 700+ words
; Pullman's place in history is certain, but its...houses built by railcar magnate George Pullman, but the famed Hotel Florence is closed...E. Coston, president of the Historic Pullman Foundation, advocate an ambitious vision...
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David Pullman, The Financier Who Rocked the Music Industry With Pullman Bonds, is the Subject of the International Bestselling Author Linda Davies, 'Something Wild'.
Business Wire; 5/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2002 Based on Pullman's first Deal for David Bowie, "Something...Intellectual Property in the Music Business David Pullman, the financial entrepreneur who rocked...music industry with the invention of the "Pullman Bonds(TM)," the first for David Bowie...
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Pullman builds on historic roots // Former company town pulls together for revival
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 4/24/1987; ; 700+ words
; Welcome to Historic Pullman, considered "the world's most perfect...railway sleeping car inventor George M. Pullman built it as a model industrial community...about community pride. The residents of Pullman do all the time. What's more, they...
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Pullman/Isley Bond Win is "A Wonderful Thing".
Business Wire; 5/11/2000; 700+ words
; ...originator the Isley Brothers and to David Pullman, Founder, Chairman and CEO of The Pullman Group(R), LLC, the financier who hurdled...securitize the lucrative Isley catalog for another Pullman Bond(TM) transaction. Circuit Judge D...
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Pullman plans steam ahead Series: RESTORING PULLMAN
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/10/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...dormant plan to convert at least part of the Pullman Palace Car factory into a rail museum...million to assist preservation efforts in Pullman as part of a planned $12 billion state...step in building a museum," Historic Pullman Foundation President Robert Fioretti said...
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Rebuilding Pullman's heart Series: RESTORING PULLMAN
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/30/1999; ; 700+ words
; Pullman's Market Hall tells a neat little story...town. The genius and beauty that created Pullman - and the warts, idiosyncrasies, paradoxes...Railroad car manufacturer George M. Pullman built the Romanesque food market and meeting...
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Pullman takes big risk in odd 'Goat'
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; Pullman takes big risk in odd 'Goat' By SIMI...April 1, 2002 New York -- Actor Bill Pullman, who plays the tormented protagonist in...work is open to interpretation. Indeed, Pullman, 48, maintains that he, too, has been...
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Pullman Porters, Creating A Black Middle Class
Transcript from: NPR Fresh Air; 5/8/2009; ; 700+ words
; DAVE DAVIES NPR Fresh Air 05-08-2009 Pullman Porters, Creating A Black Middle Class Host...and became an agent of social change, the Pullman porters. They got their name from George Pullman, who started a train company in the 1860s...
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Pullman's goal to swim Saturday Elgin senior ready for 4th straight state meet competition; will be joined by 3 teammates on relay team.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 11/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...High School senior girls swimmer Kyle Pullman, making the trip to the North Shore in...old. "No, it never gets old," said Pullman. "It's always new. All of the girls' times keep getting better every year." Pullman is included in that category and will...
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Pullman Bank Helps Rebuild Company Town.(Pullman Bank and Trust helps to restore Pullman, Illinois)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: American Banker; 4/10/2002; 700+ words
; Pullman, Ill., was not always a distressed neighborhood. At...owned town created by railroad-car mogul George M. Pullman was in decline. Cuts in hours and wages at Pullman Palace Car Co. after recession struck in 1893 had led...
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Pullman Palace Car Company
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
PULLMAN PALACE CAR COMPANY One of the last industrialists to operate a company town, George Mortimer Pullman (1831 – 1897) entered adulthood fueled by ideas and ambition. Pullman stepped into his deceased father's business...
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Pullman Strike
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
PULLMAN STRIKE The Pullman Strike of 1894 was one of the most influential events in the history...What began as a walkout by railroad workers in the company town of Pullman, Illinois, escalated into the country's first national strike...
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The Pullman Strike
Book article from: American Eras
The Pullman Strike Businessman. George Mortimer Pullman, the son of a farmer and carpenter born in upstate New...Pioneer. ” With a shrewd eye for promotion, Pullman lent his car to the federal government to bear the body...
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Pullman Porters
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Pullman Porters Ironically, the position of Pullman porter, which was designed to capitalize on the legacy of...the twentieth century. At the end of the Civil War, the Pullman Sleeping Car transformed travel in the United States. Though...
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Pullman, George
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
George Pullman Born: March 3, 1831 Brocton, New York...Illinois American industrialist George Pullman was an American industrial businessman...Childhood and early career George Mortimer Pullman was born on March 3, 1831, in Brocton...
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