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| Pullman Virtual Museum | CURRENT EXHIBITS | The Music of Pullman |
At the turn of the 20th century, Pullman-- and particularly the phenomenon of the Pullman Porter-- caught the public's imagination. A journey on a Pullman car summoned up images of romance and adventure. In a rigidly segregated society, Pullman Porters were probably the only African-Americans that most of white society ever truly interacted with. As a result, Pullman Porters were also used in the era's minstrel shows; some of the words and images of the assembled tunes are blatantly racist and insensitive. The mystique and romance of rail travel is described in the sheet music of the period, 1871-1921.
The small image of the musician (
) indicates that the music has been scanned, optically recognized,
and converted into MP3 format; the tunes are also available as MIDI files by clicking here.
Find out more about the process, and what was scanned.
| The Porter in a Pullman
Car. William H. Bray. Cincinnati: Church, John, 1880.
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The Corliss Engine March. Sep. Winner. Philadelphia: Sep. Winner & Son, 1877.
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| P.P.C. Waltz. Jno. C. Minton. Cleveland & Chicago: Brainard's Sons, S., 1880.
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Pullman Car (Song). Chas. J. Miers. Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, 1871.
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| De Pullman Porters' Ball. Stromberg, John. New York : M. Witmark, c1901.
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Porters on the Pullman
Palace Cars. Geo. Phillips. New York: C. H. Ditson, 1884.
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| Pullman Porter Blues. Hamilton, Burton & Clifford Ulrich. New York : Leo. Feist, Inc., 1921 (2.2 mb) |
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Pullman Porter Man. Behim, Arthur E. New York : J.H. Remick & Co., c1911.
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| Pullman
Porters Parade. New York, New York, Maurice Abrahams Music, 1913.
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Tourists in a Pullman
Palace Car (Tourists' Polka). Chas. D. Blake. Boston: White, Smith & Co., 1880.
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| Tourists in a Pullman
Car. Geo. Bowron. New York: Spear & Dehnhoff, 1880.
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Pullman Car (Sunbeams). Mack, E. Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, 1872.
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