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Correspondence -Secretary’s Office, 1916

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15-16
Identifier: Case Pullman 10/00/01

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From the Series:

The nation’s largest freight car manufacturer, headed by E. F. Carry, merged with the Pullman Company in 1922, allowing Pullman to expand its freight car construction operations. In the deal, Pullman acquired Haskell and Barker’s modern Michigan City, Indiana, car works for $15 million and Carry became president of the Pullman Company. Other Haskell and Barker officials, Charles A. Liddle and David A. Crawford, also joined Pullman in executive capacities.

Records from the period just prior to the company’s merger with the Pullman Company including Secretary’s office correspondence, 1916 - 1920, and annual reports, 1917 - 1921. Correspondents include Haskell and Barker officials E. F. Carry, D. A. Crawford, Treasurer, C. A. Liddle, Vice President, and A. J. McAllister, Secretary, and financial firms.

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