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The Pullman Sleeping Car was invented by George Pullman in 1857. ... George Pullman 1831-1897 ... George Pullman and Ben Field began the commercial manufacture of the Sleepers in 1865. When a Pullman car was attached to the funeral train carrying Abraham Lincoln's body the demand for the sleeping car increased.
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The Pullman Sleeping Car was invented by George Pullman in 1857. Pullman's railroad coach or sleeper was designed for overnight passenger travel. Sleeping cars were being used on American railroads since the 1830s, however, early sleepers were not that comfortable and the Pullman Sleeper was very comfortable.
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George Pullman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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George Mortimer Pullman (March 3, 1831 – October 19, 1897) was an American inventor and industrialist. He is known as the inventor of the Pullman sleeping car, and for violently suppressing striking ...
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People & Events: George Pullman (1831-1897) ... George Pullman raised Chicago from the muck, literally. ... Other buildings -- as well as hydrants and lampposts and trees -- were raised up to the new level. This was a great opportunity for George Mortimer Pullman, a building mover from Albion, New York.
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George Pullman was an American industrial businessman who developed the railroad sleeping car and built a big business with it. He was one of the last industrialists (someone who owns and operates a large-scale business) to operate a company town.
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George Mortimer Pullman (March 3, 1831-October 19, 1897), best known for the palatial railroad sleeping and dining cars that bore his name, was a lifelong Universalist, a leading industrialist and one of the consummate industrial managers of the 19th century.
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The train was billed the Pullman Hotel Express, and it was one of the best advertisements George Pullman used. Going from Boston to San Francisco, and carrying dignitaries that in and of themselves were noteworthy.
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AKA George Mortimer Pullman ... Nationality: United States; Executive summary: Inventor of the Pullman Sleeping Car ... Is the subject of books:; Palace Car Prince: A Biography of George Mortimer Pullman, 1992, BY: Liston Edgington Leyendecker ;
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