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1600 N 22nd Street . Owned by Jay D Bowen 1920

Home owned by Jay D. Bowen in the 20's. he lived there with his wife Virgil (Gaskin) and brother and sister in law Albert and Ruby Burris Barbara,…

1600 Whitlier Street. Owned by Jay D. Bowen. 1930.

Home owned by J.D. Bowen and his wife Virgil in the 30's. This home was valued at $1,600 in 1940.

Jay .D. Bowen (Circa 1890)

Our Slogan- Service, not Servitude, 1926

A broadside advertising a demonstration meeting at St Luke’s Hall in Harlem organized by the Pullman Porters – calling all porters and maids to…

To All Pullman Porters and Maids, 1934

A 1934 broadside inviting participation and advertising the benefits of the BSCP Union. The meeting was to discuss the Brother Case with the Mediation…

Score Pullman Strike Betrayal

Statement of the Central Executive of the Workers (Communist) Party accusing the Brotherhood leaders of not standing up against race segregation in…

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress., Pullman Porters File Petition With Commerce Commission, !6 September, 1927

Monitor article about the petition that the BSCP filed to the Interstate Commerce commission on 7th September, 1927. They requested an investigation…

Pullman Company Will Not Arbitrate in Porters FIght, 19 August, 1927

In 1927, a letter from Edwin P. Morrow in the Omaha Monitor, exposing the pullman company refuses to arbitrate with the porters, although they had…

1914, Pullman Conductors and Porters Organize

News item in the 1914 Day Book outlining the unfair treatment and salary of the Pullman Porters. In 1914 a car port received $27.50 a month while…

726 Q Street. Gustas McDaniel Lodger (1910)

Location of the home of Gustas McDaniel. Just across from the Q Street Train station. Beside the Lincoln Hide and Fur Building on Q Street. 726 Q