• Collection ID 1988.0426
  • Title Pullman (Illinois) and Pullman community of Chicago photograph collection [graphic].
  • Dates [ca. 1889-1988]
  • Physical description
    • 457 photographic prints : b&w ; 35 x 30 cm. (14 x 12 in.) or smaller.
    • 1 album (15 photographic prints) ; 32 x 37 cm. (12 3/4 x 14 1/2 in.)
    • 1 photomechanical print : b&w ; 25 x 39 cm. (9 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.)
  • Collection summary Primarily includes general views, buildings, street scenes, and industrial scenes from the 19th century model workingman's community of Pullman (Ill.), now part of the city of Chicago. Includes the Administration and Arcade buildings, church, clock tower, Hotel Florence, railroad station and other public buildings. Also includes views of homes and one apartment building (McShane building) with a few interior views dating from the 1960s and 1970s. Scenes of industrial buildings show building construction under the Pullman Standard Company, ca. 1895-1926 (the successor to George Pullman's enterprise), exterior and interior views--some with workingmen--of structures mainly devoted to the railroad car industry. Photographs of the Packard auto body shop at Pullman primarily show Packard automobiles. Interiors and exterior views of the Pullman School of Manual Training generally do not show students. Citizens are shown at war bond rallies during World War II and in a few group portraits.
  • Finding Aids Note Finding aid available (1988.0426).
  • Acquisition information This is a composite collection composed of material removed from Image File, Topical, during 1987 reorganization and other sources. Some items are copy photoprints made from the Pullman-Standard photograph collection (1982.0157). Also includes album named, "The Town of Pullman," ca. 1894, donated by Charles W. Bryan, Jr., in 1959. Also includes photographs made by the Chicago Area Camera Clubs Association for the Chicagoland-in-Pictures project, ca. 1960-1979.
  • Names
    • Hotel Florence (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Pullman Free School of Manual Training (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Cermak, Anton Joseph, 1873-1933
  • Subjects
    • Pullman Standard Company (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Apartment houses Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Automobiles Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Churches Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Building Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Dwellings Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Exhibits Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Historical markers Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Industrial facilities Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Laborers Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Libraries. Illinois. Chicago. lctgm
    • Office workers Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Offices Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Railroad car industry Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Railroad dining cars Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Railroad freight cars Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Railroad lounge cars Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Railroad passenger cars Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Railroads Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Schools Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Street-railroads Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Streets Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Industries Illinois Chicago.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Pullman (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Pullman (Ill.)
    • Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc. 1890-1989.
    • Chicago (Ill.) Pictorial works.
  • Genre
    • Cityscapes. gmgpc
    • Group portraits. gmgpc
    • Photograph albums. gmgpc
    • Photomechanical prints. gmgpc
    • Gelatin silver prints. gmgpc
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
  • Finding aid URL Finding aid available online http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/1988/426.htm