PULLMAN HISTORY SITE

Images in the collection -- Subject Pullman Views

10700 block of Cottage Grove

"The arch" block of North Pullman, street appears to be torn up due to construction

Subject: Pullman_Views; Pullman_Town; Format: Photograph (all forms)

11100 Block Champlain

East side of 11100 block of Champlain Avenue, c1883. Left half of a pair of photographs looking south from 111th probably by T. S. Johnson 1883-1885. Image shows houses and the original Market Hall.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

11100 Block of Champlain Avenue

c1885. View SSW showing, left to right, Pullman Market Hall, horse drawn wagon, residential units, ornate Pullman fence.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

111th And Cottage Grove

Subject: Pullman_Views; Pullman_Town; Format: Photograph (all forms)

111th and Watt

HR Koopman postcard showing east side of Watt Avenue (now St. Lawrence) looking south with men sitting on curb.

Subject: Koopman,_Henry_Ralph_and_family; Pullman_Views; Format: Postcard

111th And Watt Avenie

Subject: Pullman_Views; Pullman_Town; Format: Printed Materials - Other

111th from east from St. Lawrence

Photo of postcard that lists Florence E. of Watt Chicago, ILL and also "Pullman". May say "1913".

Subject: Pullman_Views; Pullman_Town; Format: Photograph (all forms)

111th Street View

Looking east on 111th Street toward Champlain Avneue, 1918, showing executive housing on Florence Boulevard, now 111th Street. Notice little shack on SW corner of 111th and Champlain where sandwiches were sold to Pullman workers on lunch break.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

111th Street, Looking East from Train Station

1885?

Subject: Pullman_Houses; Pullman_Views; Format: Artwork

112th & Watt Street

View south from Watt Avenue (St. Lawrence) at 112h Street. From Koopman's "postcard period" 1890-1905. One of the only known view of the west side of the 11200 block of St. Lawrence. Note "carriage rock" at corners on 112th Street.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Pullman_Houses; Format: Photograph (all forms)

112th Street West of Market Hall

View looking west down 112th steet from 3rd floor of Market Hall, c1900. Elim Church is visible in background to the left of the Greenstone. It had not yet been moved to make way for Palmer Park. Arcade building visible on the right, as is new greystone house.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

113th and Cottage Grove Avenue

Koopman postcard showing Cottage Grove at 113th Street looking south.

Subject: Koopman,_Henry_Ralph_and_family; Pullman_Views; Format: Postcard

1883 Views

View looking east toward Lake Calumet showing, left to right, steam dredges completing Athletic Island, Langley Avenue, block houses, original Market Hall, fenced-in yard behind Greenstone church, surveyor in the middle of St. Lawrence Avenue.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

A Look at Roseland Then and Now

Article from South End Reporter, May 30, 1973 showing Pullman locations past and present. Note images of Pullman School are reversed; the top image shows the original school and the lower image is the second Pullman school built in 1910.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Pullman_Town; Pullman_Schools; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Arcade Looking East

[1893]

Subject: Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Arcade Park 1898

View across park to church, with no bandstand and center flower beds, more formal landscaping.

Subject: Arcade_Park; Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Arcade Park Christmas Card

1975, issued by The Northern Trust Company

Subject: Arcade_Park; Factory_Site; Hotel_Florence_--_Exterior; Pullman_Views; Format: Correspondence

Arcade Row House

c1910. East-most Arcade Row residence, once occupied by Chicago Mayor Hopkins during 1894 strike.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Pullman_Houses; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Automobile Ride Down Florence Boulevard

Four people driving in a car on Florence Boulevard (111th Street). Gates and factory in the background. Vehicle c1908.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Beman and Barrett at Lake Vista

Framed and matted print of Solon Beman and Nathan Barrett beside Lake Vista c. 1890

Subject: Arcade_Building; Administration_Building; Barrett,_Nathan_Franklin; Beman,_Solon_Spencer; Hotel_Florence_--_Exterior; Pullman_Landscape_Design; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Views; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Bird's Eye View from Water Tower Looking East

Framed and matted photograph showing the Pullman factory site, looking towards Lake Calumet and the Pullman lumber yard, with round house in background.

Subject: Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Lake_Calumet; Factory_Site; Aerial_Views; Pullman_Water_Tower; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Bird's Eye View from Water Tower Looking North

Framed and matted photograph showing the Pullman factory site, part of the lumber yards, various buildings and the northern residential area.

Subject: Aerial_Views; Factory_Site; North_Pullman; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Birds Eye View from Water Tower Looking South

Framed and matted photograph showing the Pullman factory site, looking towards the Town of Pullman. Black and white. Undated.

Subject: Pullman_Water_Tower; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Company; Pullman_Company; Factory_Site; Aerial_Views; Administration_Building; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Boarding the Illinois Central

111th Place and Cottage Grove, c1916. Temporary station across from Arcade Building shortly after track elevation in 1915, negative number 19832. Arcade building shows "Chicago Post Office Pullman Station" sign.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Illinois_Central_Railroad; Arcade_Building; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Calumet Index

70th Anniversary Yarbook, June 28, 1964. 94 pages with articles and photographs about history of Roseland, Pullman, surrounding communities, and area businesses. Includes local advertising.

Subject: Roseland_Community; Pullman_Views; Pullman_Town; Pullman_(General); Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Chicago Posters

Color photographs of major Chicago landmarks. Includes 2 pages on Pullman, one photomontage of Pullman neighborhood, one of Hotel Florence.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Pullman_Town; Pullman_Views; Pullman_Houses; Hotel_Florence_--_Exterior; Chicago_History; Architecture; Aerial_Views; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Factory Aerial View

Color photograph of Pullman Factory in either Butler, Pennsylvania or Bessemer, Alabama. Aerial view.

Subject: Pullman_Company; Aerial_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Factory View from Hotel Florence

Copy of early photograph of factory site looking north from the Hotel Florence. Undated but pre-1900.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Factory_Site; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Florence Boulevard East of Watt Avenue

Photograph of corner of what is now 111th St. and St. Lawrence Avenue in Pullman.

Subject: Pullman_Houses; Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Forrestville Avenue c. 1970

Color print of photograph taken c. 1970, showing streetscape along 11400 block of Forrestville?

Subject: Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Harper's New Monthly Magazine

Page from Harper's New Monthly Magazine showing the Hotel Florence and Pullman Factory Site with inset map of Pullman from 1881.

Subject: Administration_Building; Factory_Site; Hotel_Florence_--_Exterior; Pullman_(General); Pullman_Views; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Harper's New Monthly Magazine

Page from Harper's New Monthly Magazine showing the Hotel Florence and Pullman Factory Site with inset map of Pullman from 1881.

Subject: Administration_Building; Factory_Site; Hotel_Florence_--_Exterior; Pullman_(General); Pullman_Views; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Historic Preservation

Volume 22, No. 2, April-June 1970, with Pullman article.

Subject: ; Pullman_(General); Pullman_Houses; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Town; Pullman_Views; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Hotel Florence

Subject: Hotel_Florence_History; Pullman_Views; Format: Digital Object

Hotel Florence

1883

Subject: Pullman_Views; Hotel_Florence_History; Format: Artwork

Hotel Florence and Arcade

Set of Pullman views A) Hotel Florence from Lake Vista and B) Looking east from the Arcade. Pages from The City of Bricks book by H.R. Koopman.

Subject: ; Arcade_Building; Hotel_Florence_--_Exterior; Pullman_Views; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Hotel Florence And Gardens

Subject: Hotel_Florence_History; Pullman_Town; Pullman_Views; Format: Digital Object

Lake Calumet and Pullman Area Map

Photograph of a partial map showing Lake Calumet and the southern edge of Chicago city limits.

Subject: Regional; Pullman_Town; Lake_Calumet; Historic_Reference; Calumet_River_-_Calumet_Region; Aerial_Views; Format: Map

Lake Vista

Looking south towards Lake Vista, with the Administration Building, Hotel Florence, Arcade Building and Train Station ca 1885

Subject: Pullman_Train_Station; Pullman_Views; Administration_Building; Arcade_Building; Hotel_Florence_--_Exterior; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Living in the midst of history

Newspaper article about living in Pullman.

Subject: ; Pullman_Town; Pullman_Views; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Looking East from Arcade Building

View across Pullman houses to Lake Calumet from top of Arcade Building

Subject: Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Looking East from Arcade Roof

Looking towards Lake Calumet, part of T.S. Johnson's panorama series in 1883. L to R Freight Yards, Lake, Smoke from North Chicago Rolling Mill at left, gas house, 111th Street PierBrowns Mill smoke on horizon, Althletic Island Boathouse and Grandstands and many styles of Pullman row houses.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Looking South

From the Water Tower to town, with the original Market Hall, Ca 1882. This is a very early view - little house construction is seen south of Market Hall.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Looking Southwest from Clocktower

This image highlights Nathan Barrett's artistic landscape. Note tracks in front lawn. In distance is Holy Rosary (center) and Elim Lutheran Church (right center)

Subject: Barrett,_Nathan_Franklin; Pullman_Views; Pullman_Landscape_Design; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Modern Aerial View

Color photograph overlooking Hotel, Arcade Park, Greenstone Church, neighborhood. Dated 1989. No. 109 in a series. Okrent Associates

Subject: Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Noon Hour in Pullman

HR Koopman black and white postcard looking east down Florence Blvd. (111th Street) from Pullman Blvd. (Cottage Grove). Workers sit on grass and curbs eating lunch.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Views; Format: Postcard

Noon Hour in Pullman

HR Koopman black and white postcard showing workers leaving factory and crossing Florence Blvd. (111th Street), view looking west.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Views; Format: Postcard

Our Community

Commemorative booklet published by Pullman Trust and Savings Bank, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1958 for the 75th anniversary of the bank 1883 to 1958.

Subject: Pullman_Bank; Pullman_Views; Roseland_Community; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Outdoor Illinois

February, 1975 issue with 21-page article on Pullman. Full record available for viewing at the Bertha Ludlam Reading Room in the Hotel Florence.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Views; Pullman_Train_Cars; Pullman_Town; Pullman_Rail_Travel; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Labor_History; Pullman_Houses; Pullman_(General); Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

Palmer Park

HR Koopman postcard showing spectators in Palmer Park watching unknown activity or sporting event, 1907. Pullman factory buildings visible in the background. People with bicycles and walking through the park visible.

Subject: Koopman,_Henry_Ralph_and_family; Palmer_Park; Pullman_Views; Roseland_Community; Format: Postcard

Palmer Park

HR Koopman photograph of kids in wading pool in Palmer Park. Pullman factory buildings in background.

Subject: Koopman,_Henry_Ralph_and_family; Palmer_Park; Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Postcard View of Watt Avenue and 11th Street

Black and white postcard of Watt Avenue and 11th Street, with row houses on left and men sitting on curb at lower right

Subject: Pullman_Views; Format: Postcard

Pullman and His Enterprises

Wide ranging interview with George Pullman covering town of Pullman, railroad line ownership, and vestible trains.

Subject: Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Rail_Travel; Pullman_Town; Pullman_Views; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Pullman Athletic Island, Lake Calumet

Only good photo of the grandstands and facilities of Pullman's Athletic Island, the setting for regatas, races and other public athletic events. The brainchild of Nathan Barrett, the island was composed of fill from construction of the town and was an integral part of Pullman life until the death of George Pullman. When town maintenance decreased, the timbers rotted out soon after and the stands were demolished in 1898. It was replaced by a railroad roundhouse, Beman's last Pullman building.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Ave. & 113th St. Chicago

HR Koopman postcard showing east side of 113th & Pullman Avenue, now Cottage Grove. Dated 1903

Subject: Pullman_Views; Koopman,_Henry_Ralph_and_family; Format: Postcard

Pullman Car Works

Photo and negative of east facade of Pullman Car Works by T. Yanul, October 1990. Clocktower bulding (1880) and original north wing (1880) are visible on the right. The south wing, which was enlarged in 1907, and be seen on the left.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Factory_Site; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory

Looking NE from south of the train station. Nathan Barret landscaping on the border of Pullman Park and factory in a park-like setting.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory

B/W photo of Pullman Factory from 111th Street, with children and bicycles, late 1940s.

Subject: Pullman_Company; Factory_Site; Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory

Looking North from the Florence Hotel Note: Advertisment on gate for "Rail Road Jake"

Subject: Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Workers at Lunchtime

View looking east on Florence Blvd. (111th street) from Pullman Blvd. (Cottage Grove).

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Workers at the Gate

Workmen in suits and hats stand in front of Pullman Factory main gate (built 1888). This image has often been used as a possible strike photo, date unknown.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory Workers on Champlain

Noon Hour, Pullman, 111th and Champlain c1907. One of a series of photo postcards by photographer, H.R. Koopman, showing the many Pullman workers who poured out of the factory onto 111th street during lunch time. Note produce and sandwich wagons at Champlain Avenue. View west from Langley.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Views; Format: Postcard

Pullman Factory Workers on Lunch Break, Watt Ave

Watt Avenue (St. Lawrence) showing workers at lunch, note horse-drawn water cart of right, original wooden porches on left and metal post and chain fences.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Views; Format: Postcard

Pullman Factory Workers Walking on Champlain Ave.

Subject: Pullman_Workers; Pullman_Views; Format: Artwork

Pullman from Michigan Avenue & 111th Street

HR Koopman postcard showing 111th Street east of Michigan with views of Pullman factory in the background.

Subject: Koopman,_Henry_Ralph_and_family; Pullman_Views; Roseland_Community; Format: Postcard

Pullman Images

Copies of 12 images of the Pullman neighborhood. Four unique images shown in this record.

Subject: ; Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Images

Clippings from various newspapers and magazines.

Subject: ; Administration_Building; Factory_Site; Greenstone_Church; Hotel_Florence_--_Exterior; Pullman_Houses; Pullman_Landscape_Design; Pullman_Town; Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Images

40 photographic slides showing various images in Pullman: Market square, interior and exterior of Greenstone Church, Hotel Florence interior and exterior and street views. Photos were taken in late 1970s and early 1980s.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Pullman_Houses; Pullman_-_Post_1975; Hotel_Florence_--_Interior; Hotel_Florence_--_Exterior; Greenstone_Church; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Images from Horn Collection

Collection of images of unidentified early Pullman train cars, train car interiors, the town of Pullman, view from Factory north roof, and cooks in train kitchen.

Subject: Aerial_Views; Factory_Site; Pullman_Town; Pullman_Train_Cars; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Panorama 1885

View of Pullman and 111th Street in Roseland, looking east from Michigan Avenue to Pullman. In view are Water Tower, Firehouse, Factory site, Hotel Florence, Arcade and Greenstone Church. Men walking down dirt road which is 111th Street. Photo is prior to the construction of Palmer Park.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Palmer_Park; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Photo Album

Photo album with images of Pullman, both historic and modern. Entire album available for viewing at the Bertha Ludlam Library at the Hotel Florence.

Subject: ; Pullman_(General); Pullman_Town; Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Town

"The Island from the Water Tower" looking SE showing the Gas Works, Boathouse, Grandstand and Lake Calumet

Subject: Lake_Calumet; Pullman_Town; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Aerial_Views; Pullman_Gas_Works; Pullman_Water_Tower; Pullman_Landscape_Design; Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Various Images

Collection of images of unidentified early Pullman train cars, train car interiors, the town of Pullman, view from Factory north roof, and cooks in train kitchen.

Subject: ; Aerial_Views; Factory_Site; Pullman_Town; Pullman_Train_Cars; Pullman_Workers; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman View

Photograph showing view of Pullman looking east from Illinois Central. Factory site with 1907 addition, Hotel Florence and Annex, 111th Street, Cottage Grove and Greenstone Church in view. Addition of the Annex would date the photograph to after 1914.

Subject: Factory_Site; Pullman_Views; Hotel_Florence_--_Exterior; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman View

Aerial photograph of Pullman with Hotel Florence, Annex and Market Hall in view. c1970s

Subject: Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman View, Early

Very early view of Pullman Town, looking south from 111th Street. Executive homes are seen along 111th with Langley Avenue to the east. Original Market Hall at 112th and Stephenson (Champlain). Lake Calumet in view. Houses are seen on the west side of Langley and the blockhouses on the east side of the street. There appears to be little construction south of Market Hall which could date the photograph to as early as 1881 or 1882.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Views

Two views of Pullman. Left: north end of Pullman (lumber yard visible in lower left corner. Right: looking south; Water Tower visible in distance. Etchings? drawings?

Subject: ; Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Works Looking Toward Main Gate

View from Market Hall looking north on Champlain Avenue toward 111th "main gate". Postcard loaned to Paul Petraitis in 1973 for copying. Whereabouts of Bybee's original postcard unknown.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman, Illinois 1895

Arcade Park looking north from112th Street. Image from the original painting by George Yelich. Yelich was a painter of Chicago images in the 20th century.

Subject: Hotel_Florence_--_Exterior; Arcade_Park; Pullman_Landscape_Design; Pullman_Town; Pullman_Views; Pullman_Water_Tower; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Pullman, Portrait of a Landmark Community

A photographic essay of the Pullman neighborhood in the 1980s, hardcover book 79 pages

Subject: Pullman_Town; Pullman_Views; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Pullman: A Social Study

Copy of an article appearing in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1889.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Pullman_Stables; Pullman_Palace_Car_Company; Pullman_Houses; Pullman_Building; Pullman_Bank; Pullman_Labor_History; Market_Hall; Hotel_Florence_--_Exterior; Greenstone_Church; Beman,_Solon_Spencer; Architecture; Arcade_Theatre; Arcade_Shops; Arcade_Park; Arcade_Library; Arcade_Building; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Roseland-Pullman The Golden Years Vol. 1 and Vol. 2

In the early 1980s, a group of five area individuals decided to publish a book of images of Roseland and Pullman spanning from the late 19th to the mid-20th century. The members of this committee were Mario Avignone, Bette Kooistra, Ron Nietupski, Paul Petraitis and Bill Stachmus. More than 150 contributors provided photographs of family, neighbors, events, streetscapes, school photos, sports images, area businesses, etc. In addition to the hundreds of images in each book, Volume 1 contains a history of Roseland by Paul Petraitis and a history of Pullman by Mario Avignone. Volume 2 contains an essay "A View of Things Past: Community Life Along 115th Street" by Paul Petraitis. Each volume is soft cover and 100+ pages. Included in this record is some miscellaneous correspondence, newspaper clippings, and a 7-page list of many of the fraternal, church groups, clubs, etc. that existed in Roseland showing the year each was founded. Full record available for viewing at the Bertha Ludlum Reading Room in the Hotel Florence.

Subject: ; Administration_Building; Greenstone_Church; Hotel_Florence_--_Exterior; Pullman_(General); Pullman_Houses; Pullman_People; Pullman_Schools; Pullman_Town; Pullman_Views; Roseland_Community; Format: Printed Materials - Other

The Pullman District Postcard

Postcard showing an aerial view of the south Pullman neighborhood, with Arcade Park, The Hotel Florence, and the Market Hall visible.

Subject: Aerial_Views; Pullman_Town; Format: Postcard

Town of Pullman Viewed from Roseland

Photocopy of photo taken from Roseland looking east down 111th St.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Watt Ave. 111 St. S. Pullman

HR Koopman postcard showing Watt Avenue (now St. Lawrence) looking south from 111th Street. A woman is walking south and several men are sitting on the curb.

Subject: Pullman_Houses; Pullman_Views; Format: Postcard

Watt Avenue Looking North

B/W photograph printed on canvas, view of Watt Avenue looking north toward the factory.

Subject: Pullman_Views; Format: Photograph (all forms)

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