In 1925, dignity came for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters when the organization got a charter from the American Federation of Labor. The men were issued name tags. Since the Pullman ...
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Honoring Black History: Pullman Porters on the High PlainsRailroads formed the backbone of America. Starting in the 1800s, trains hauled millions of pounds of freight and passengers ...
It is a 1924 Pullman sleeper car that was donated to the Colebrookdale Railroad. Crews spent two days trucking it in from Duncansville, Pennsylvania, a borough near Altoona. "We were coming down ...
The little-known story of the wives and maids who helped propel the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters to a groundbreaking agreement with the Pullman Company. Rosina Corrothers-Tucker had spent days ...
Long-term travel required more comfortable accommodations, which opened the door for the first luxury sleeper service, created by George Pullman of the Pullman Palace Car Company. The sleeper cars ...
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