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A portrait of George Pullman who perfected the the railroad sleeping car which bears his name in the late 1850's. [A branch factory was located along what is now Hway 580 near Barrett Ave. in Richmond until it was torn down sometime in the 1960's [?] JMaas, 8/14/2000] A typewritten press release prepared for printing in the Tribune and dated Tuesday March 3 [1959] is affixed to the back of the photo; it begins with "One Hundredth Anniversay of George Pullman" Note: this is the same photo as in 2000.1.1000, except that his one is reduced in size. ( attacted to back of photograph ) For Release on tuesday, March 3 One Hundredth Anniversary George Pullman Today, the transportation fraternity of the United States, and the world at large, pays homage to the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of eorge Mortimer Pullman, the man who gave to the travel public the famous pullman cars. George Mortimer Pullman was born at Brocton, N. Y., on March 3, 1831 and died in Chicago, on October 19,1897, at the age of 66. Pullman's fame was based on his perfection of the sleeping cars and his plan of running cars long distances over connecting railroads. Through he did not build the earliest sleeping car, his recognition as the real founder of sleeping car servies. From the chicago and Alton road pullman sedured two day coaches which, in 1858 and 1859, he remoled into sleepers, the first being the historic "No.9". It was slightly more than half the present length: wood, save for wheels and axles: roof flat and so low that a tall man might bump his head: a wood-buring stove at each end: lighted with candles: a scanty toilet room: open wash room with tin basin and water tank. Seats had no springs. Abraham Lincoln once rode in the famous old "No.9", as did many prominent men of that day. In 1867 George Pullman married Harriet Sanger of Chicago. Of the four Pullman children, Florence became the wife of Frank O.Lowden, war governor of Illinois: Harriet is now Mrs. Arthur F. Schermerhorn, of New York: and the twin sons, George, Jr., and Sanger, passed away many years ago. George pullman devoted his entire life to the betterment of sleeping cars and travel conditions, and as one reads this, and then looks at the modren sleeping cars, he sees that George Pullman left something behind for which he will always be remembered.

Used: Oakland Tribune