Designs for Pullman car interiors, ca. 1925-1932.

  • Collection ID 1982.0225
  • Creator Names Linden Company (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Title Designs for Pullman car interiors [graphic].
  • Dates ca. 1925-1932.
  • Physical description
    • 14 photoprints : b&w ; 26 x 20 cm.
    • 8 drawings : watercolor.
  • Collection summary Photographs show railroad car interiors designed by Linden Company and built by Pullman Car and Manufacturing Corporation for the presidential train of the Republic of Mexico (1926-1932). Watercolor sketches are Linden Company designs for wall and seat decorations (ca. 1925).
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related material at the Chicago History Museum includes Pullman-Standard nitrate negatives (1982.0157), Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company records, 1953 Dec. 1, and individually cataloged images from the Chicago Daily News.
  • Acquisition information Gift of Dorothy Todtleben (1982.0225).
  • Names
    • Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company
    • Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company cln
  • Subjects
    • Presidents Mexico. lctgm
    • Railroad car industry Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Railroad private cars Mexico. lctgm
    • Interior decoration Illinois Chicago 1920-1939. lctgm
    • Railroad passenger cars Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Industries Illinois Chicago.
  • Genre
    • Gelatin silver prints. gmgpc
    • Watercolor drawings. gmgpc
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.