Mr. and Mrs. ARTHUR D. DUBIN PULLMAN PALACE CAR CO. CONSTRUCTION AND REGISTRATION BOOKS, 1875-1911
#158

(2 cubic feet: 8 volumes)

by: Robert S. Harding, June 1985

History

In 1867 George Mortimer Pullman (1831-1897) and Ben Field organized the Pullman Palace Car Co. "This company became the world's greatest car-building and car-repairing enterprise, with plants located at Pullman, Illinois (now part of Chicago), and many other places in North and South America and even in Europe."*  These registers and records pertain to the manufacturing end of the company--the Chicago works at Pullman, Illinois.

*Sources: Hubbard, Freeman. Encyclopedia of North American Railroading. (New York: McGraw Hill, 1981), p. 264.

Scope and Content

Records of construction by plant. Includes orders dates of construction, customers and costs for passenger, dining and freight cars.

Provenance: collected by Arthur Dubin

Container List

Box Volume#

4

1

Cost of Cars, Book 1, 1875-1880: Register of sleeping and dining cars and costs of construction and equipment (organized alphabetically and chronologically by operation)

4

2

Cost of Cars, Book 2, 1881-1884

1

3

Repair Record Book, 1900-1907: includes dates received, shipped, and including porter’s name (organized by Lot number)

1

4

Record of Lot Completion & Shipment of Cars (organized by Lot number):

Detroit (Lot 4 - 260), 10/1887 - 6/1886

Chicago Works (Lot 1 - 1348), 7/1881 - 3/1887

1

5

Record of Lot Completion & Shipment of Cars (organized by Lot number):

Chicago Works (Lot 1346 - 1774), 5/1887 - 12/1890

Street Cars (Lot 500 - 780), 12/1886 - 5/1893

2

6

Record of Completion of Cars, 1879-1887:

Detroit, 10/27/1879 - 10/20/1887

Pullman, 9/07/1886 - 12/30/1887

Chicago, 2/28/1878 - 9/07/1886

3

7&8

Cars Constructed, 1886 - 1903

Cars Constructed, 1903 - 1911

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