3089886 Pullman Project (silver gelatin print) by American Photographer, (19th century); Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA; (add.info.: George Mortimer Pullman (March 3, 1831 ??October 19, 1897) was an American engineer and industrialist. He designed and manufactured the Pullman sleeping car and founded a company town, Pullman, for the workers who manufactured it. His Pullman Company also hired African-American men to staff the Pullman cars, who became known and widely respected as Pullman porters, providing elite service.); 穢 Newberry Library ; American, out of copyright.