Alt Pullman

Opening Friday! Pullman Porters & Maids: Invisible Labor, Visible Legacies Pullman Porters & Maids: Invisible Labor, Visible Legacies, curated by Juelle Daley, presents a new body of work by artist Shane-Jahi Jackson, developed through his research residency at the Newberry Library in Chicago and informed by the archives of the Pullman Company. Through an ensemble of figur...

In late March 1880, architect Irving K. Pond joined Solon S. Beman’s office and was immediately assigned to help design the first building constructed in the new town of Pullman: the Allen Paper Car Wheel Company. Located just north of the Pullman Passenger Car Works, the massive industrial complex stretched 360 feet and was divided into two large sections connected by a prominent two-story central block. The front portion contained the company offices, while the rear housed drying rooms, lathes, and manufacturing spaces used in the production of paper railroad car wheels. Additional attached buildings included a foundry for casting iron wheel hubs and centers, along with a pattern shop, blacksmith shop, boiler house, and storage rooms. Pond’s early work on the building’s roof trusses and construction details marked the beginning of his important role in shaping Pullman’s industrial landscape.

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LABOR QUOTE OF THE WEEK - Labor Heritage Foundation “It’s not only the erasure of history. On the eve of the 250th anniversary of the birth of this country, this is a historical outrage. This is historical blasphemy.” Michael Coard, a founding member of the Avenging the Ancestors Coalition, commenting on the removal on an exhibit on slavery at ...