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Series 02: Car Furnishings Photographs, 1872-1976

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Case Pullman 13/01/02

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Photographic prints of chairs, 1882 - 1935, and tables, 1932 - 1939, used to furnish Pullman cars. Includes images of all types of chairs, settees, tables, and desks, many manufactured by the Pullman’s Palace Car Company and later Pullman Company for its own cars, and others supplied by Marshall Field & Co., Wakefield, Milwaukee Chair Co., S. Karpen and Bros., H. W. Bros. & Co., Linden Co., Dunn Co., and Geo. C. Flint Co.

Detailed inventories also available in the library. Item level control, listing Pullman catalog number, lot numbers, drawing numbers, Linden/Pullman number, year, and other descriptive information. Notebooks containing duplicate copies of all images available in the Special Collections offices.

Dates

  • Creation: 1872-1976

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The Pullman Company records are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Medical records and records of disciplinary action are closed for a period of fifty years after the creation of the record. Such records may be disclosed only to the named individual or his legal representative. Application and service files that may contain medical and disciplinary information will be reviewed and records removed before the files are supplied to a researcher.

Personnel records less than fifty years old and not specified in (1) above are open for research with the user's written assurance that information from the records will be used for statistical or summary purposes only and that no specific names or individually identifiable information will be disclosed. Such information may be revealed only if the individual or his legal representative agrees to its release, or if the individual is deceased.

Photocopies of open personnel records less than fifty years old are supplied only for the researcher's personal use and may not be reproduced. All copies must be destroyed or returned upon completion of work.

Extent

4 boxes

Arrangement note

Series organized in two groups: chairs and settees, and tables, both arranged by Pullman catalog number.

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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