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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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George Pullman and his cronies at the management committee have conspired to deny the workers of the American Railway Union their constitutional right to withhold their labor in the face of inhuman conditions.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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George Pullman, who gained world recognition for his elegant railroad sleeping cars;
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Luigi Pascioni,
Auto Mechanic
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George Pullman saw this car and in 1859 obtained a US patent for a sleeping car.
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Sarah Kennedy,
Fashion Model
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George also painted fresco decorations for the Pullman Palace Car Company as well as silk scarves and linings for ladies coats.
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Billie Kirgan,
Machinist
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George Pullman hired Solon S.
Pullman, George - Built first sleeping car on train.
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Paddy McGuinness,
Newsagent
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It was not until 1928, long after George Pullman's death, that they formed the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, headed by A.
Follow George Pullman from his birth in Portland NY (Chautauqua County) and to Albion where he began work as a clerk in a country store.
Pullman, George - Built the first railway sleeping car.
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Astrid Schuhmann,
Backpacker
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Pullmans: Named after George Pullman, the man who improved and popularized the railway sleeping car in the 1860's, todays Pullman cases are the most popular type of luggage.
George Mortimer Pullman had been building and operating passenger cars in USA since the 1860s.
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Craig Leveaux,
Blogger
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The model community for the Sir Titus Salt's wollen mill, this town was the basis for George Pullman's plan for his town of Pullman.
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