PULLMAN HISTORY SITE

Images in the collection -- Subject Pullman Water Tower

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)

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)

Clock Tower, Pullman, Ill.

Tinted postcard of the Factory site, including the Administration Building, Water Tower, smokestack and landscaping. Manhattan Post Card Co. Chicago

Subject: Factory_Site; Administration_Building; Pullman_Water_Tower; Format: Postcard

Engine House Chimney Collapse

Subject: Pullman_Water_Tower; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Interesting Things... 2000-2003

Series of essays and anecdotes relating to the social history of Pullman, for publication in the Pullman Flyer. Typed original and draft copies, some with photos and banner layout.

Subject: World_War_II; World_War_I; War_Memorial; Victorian_Era_-_general; The_Snow_Cruiser; Regional; Reference; Pullman_Water_Tower; Pullman_Train_Cars; Pullman_Town; Pullman_People; Pullman_Landscape_Design; Pullman_Labor_History; Pullman_Houses; Pullman_Family; Pullman_1998_Factory_Fire; Pullman_-_Post_1975; Pullman_(General); Organizations_--_Pullman_Improvement_Association; Organizations_--_Pullman_Civic_Organization; Organizations_--_Other; Organizations_--_Historic_Pullman_Foundation; Memorials; Lake_Calumet; Labor_History,_other; Illinois_History; Hotel_Florence_History; Historic_Reference; General/Misc.; Factory_Site; Chicago_History; Beman,_Solon_Spencer; Barrett,_Nathan_Franklin; Architecture; Arcade_Building; Administration_Building; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Negative of Pullman Smokestack Being Taken Down

1957 black & white negative of a factory smokestack being taken down.

Subject: Factory_Site; Historic_Reference; Photography_-_Misc._vintage; Pullman_Water_Tower; Reference; Format: Photographic Materials

Pullman Factory

Looking east from Pullman Drive (now Cottage Grove) view of the Water Tower and Corliss Engine Building

Subject: Pullman_Water_Tower; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory

From left to right, Allen Paper Wheelworks, Water Tower, and Corliss Building.

Subject: Pullman_Water_Tower; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory

"Freight Shop with Foundry Beyond". View, probably from Water Tower, of shops with North Pullman in distance, residences along Corliss and Maryland, Union Foundry - possibly from Pullman Bank publication.

Subject: Pullman_Water_Tower; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman Factory View

Photo taken from Illinois Central (now Metra Electric) railroad tracks before the track was raised. Administration Building, water tower and smoke stack in view.

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

Pullman Landmark Razed; Water Tower Near-Victim

Photograph of newspaper article about destruction of Smoke Stack and Water Tower. Undated.

Subject: Pullman_Water_Tower; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pullman sewer site endangered

University of Chicago warehouse project jeopardizes historic foundation and sewer reservoir from the Pullman Water Tower.

Subject: Factory_Site; Pullman_Water_Tower; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

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 Views

Composite of several view of Pullman, c1890. Lithographs from photographs, left to right: Allen Wheel Works, erecting shops, Water Tower, original Market hall. Arcase interior and exterior, and a 180-degree panorama of Pullman from atop the Arcade Building.

Subject: Pullman_Water_Tower; Format: Handwritten (invitations, notes, etc.)

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

Smoke Stack and Water Tower

Photograph of the burning of the Smokestack with Water Tower in the background. Sept. 1957

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

Touring Pullman

Tour guide booklet produced in 1972.

Subject: Chicago_History; Greenstone_Church; Historic_Reference; Hotel_Florence_History; House_Tour; Market_Hall; Organizations_--_Historic_Pullman_Foundation; Pullman_(General); Pullman_Hospital; Pullman_Houses; Pullman_Landscape_Design; Pullman_Schools; Pullman_Town; Pullman_Water_Tower; The_Stables; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Water Tower

Looking east toward the 199-ft-tall water tower. Note the visiting party of a woman and some men at right. Probably before 1900.

Subject: Pullman_Water_Tower; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Water Tower

Koopman postcard showing the Water Tower and the Corliss Engine building in 1892.

Subject: Pullman_Water_Tower; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Water Tower

Photograph from newspaper of Water Tower. Undated

Subject: Pullman_Water_Tower; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Water Tower

Early view of the tower looking North from behind the Administration Building.

Subject: Pullman_Water_Tower; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Water Tower and Corliss Building

B/W photograph of Pullman Corliss Engine building.

Subject: Corliss_Engine; Pullman_Water_Tower; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Water Tower and Corliss Engine House

Subject: Pullman_Water_Tower; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Water Tower And Engine House

Subject: Pullman_Water_Tower; Format: Printed Materials - Other

Water Tower and Engine House

[1895]

Subject: Corliss_Engine; Pullman_Water_Tower; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Water Tower Corliss Engine

Black and white HR Koopman postcard showing the Water Tower and Corliss Engine. 1892

Subject: Corliss_Engine; Pullman_Water_Tower; Format: Postcard

Water Tower Fire And Chimney Collapse

Subject: Pullman_Water_Tower; Format: Photographic Materials

Water Tower Images

Three Polaroid photographs, same shot different exposures, showing the Pullman Water Tower. ca 1950-1960

Subject: Pullman_Water_Tower; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Water Tower Stereo Card

Black and white stereo card showing the Water Tower and smokestack. Photograph by HR Koopman, corner 111th and Michigan Avenue.

Subject: Factory_Site; Pullman_Water_Tower; Koopman,_Henry_Ralph_and_family; Format: Photograph (all forms)

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