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Encyclopedia > Pullman

Pullman is the name of some places in the United States of America:

Pullman, Illinois, now within the city limits of Chicago, was a company town of the Pullman Company, where a famous strike took place in 1894. (See Pullman Strike.) Pullman is an unincorporated community in Lee Township of Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Pullman is a city in Whitman County, Washington, United States. ... Pullman is a neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, twelve miles from the Loop by Lake Calumet. ... Pullman is a town located in Ritchie County, West Virginia. ... This article or section needs to be wikified. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... A company town is a town or city in which most or all real estate, buildings (both residential and commercial), utilities, hospitals, small businesses such as grocery stores and gas stations, and other necessities or luxuries of life within its borders are owned by a single company. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Pullman Strike began on May 11, 1894. ...


Pullman, Washington is the home of Washington State University. Washington State University (WSU) is a major public research university in Pullman, Washington. ...


Pullman is also the name of several kinds of railway cars, buses or coaches. The term Pullman was used to refer to railroad sleeping cars which were run by the Pullman Company (founded by George Pullman) in the United States. ...


In architecture, pullman refers to a long, narrow room. Pullman is an architectural term for a long, narrow space within a structure. ...


A pullman loaf refers to a long, square-edged loaf of bread. The pullman loaf, sometimes called the sandwich loaf or pan bread, is a type of bread baked in a long, narrow, lidded pan. ...


A pullman case or valise is a large piece of luggage. The Luggage. ...


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Pullman wanted to avoid the types of workers who participated in the turbulent 1877 Railroad Strike, or those he believed to be discouraged and morally corrupted by urban poverty and social dislocation.
Pullman hired architect Solon Beman and landscape architect Nathan Barrett to erect a town designed to provide its residents with decent housing in a socially and physically healthy environment that would also generate a 6 percent profit for the Pullman Palace Car Company.
Pullman's reputation fell most dramatically in the late 1920s and 1930s, when unemployment and bootlegging activities made it seem to be a nascent slum.
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