Scope and Contents note From the Series: Pullman, Illinois, company organized in 1883 to produce a railroad spike by George M. Pullman and John W. Doane, who each owned half-interest in the spike’s patent. In debt to the Pullman’s Palace Car Company, the company was taken over in 1893, but it retained its corporate identity until 1899 when it was closed down and its assets were sold.Financial, securities and corporate records spanning the company’s independent and Pullman’s Palace Car Co. controlled operation. Financial...