Pullman’s Palace Car Company Capital Stock Certificate, Signed by G. M. Pullman, 1869
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Pullman’s Palace Car Company issued in 1870. This item is hand signed by the Company’s President, George M. Pullman is over 132 years old. Also, signed by Lawyer Charles Angell as Secretary, and who later embezzled thousands of dollars from the company and handled the company's financial and legal affairs.
Pullman, George Mortimer (1831-97), American inventor, who designed the first modern railroad sleeping car and patented his innovations—folding upper berths and seats that could extend into lower berths—in 1863. Born in Brocton, New York, he was originally trained as a cabinetmaker and became a building contractor in Chicago in 1855. In 1867 he organized the Pullman Palace Car Company, which manufactured sleeping cars, parlor cars, and dining cars. In 1880 he founded the town of Pullman, Illinois, now part of Chicago, as a community for the workers of his company. The violent Pullman strike in 1894 occurred when the Pullman Palace Car Company reduced wages without reducing rents in the company town. This corporation was organized in 1867, with a capital of $1,000,000. The company ran into problems with the depression of 1893.
Pullman, George Mortimer (1831-97), American inventor, who designed the first modern railroad sleeping car and patented his innovations—folding upper berths and seats that could extend into lower berths—in 1863. Born in Brocton, New York, he was originally trained as a cabinetmaker and became a building contractor in Chicago in 1855. In 1867 he organized the Pullman Palace Car Company, which manufactured sleeping cars, parlor cars, and dining cars. In 1880 he founded the town of Pullman, Illinois, now part of Chicago, as a community for the workers of his company. The violent Pullman strike in 1894 occurred when the Pullman Palace Car Company reduced wages without reducing rents in the company town. This corporation was organized in 1867, with a capital of $1,000,000. The company ran into problems with the depression of 1893.
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