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Benj. H. Day 1904, "The Best Way to Buffalo" Sun advertisement of Lackawanna Railroad., Benj. H. Day

An advertisement from the Sun Newspaper. Advertising the Lackawanna Railroad route to Buffalo from New York. Promising a straight trip with no…

“Train Car Hit” Driver Is Hurt”., Nebraska State Journal, 1946

On May 28, 1946. the Lincoln Star Journal reported
that Albert Simms was in a car train collision at 19th and R street. He was struck on the…

Tags: Alfred Simms, Pullman Porters

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company 1900-1010
, The Burlington Route Brochure. 1909, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company

The Burlington Route 1909 Railroad Brochure giving facts about the Fast Mail and the Pacific Tours, including deatil s of the Sleeping Car Service and…

Tags: Pullman Porters, Railways

Lincoln-Dining Car Chef, https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/nby_rrlife/id/514/rec/365, accessed 1948

Railroad Chef leaning out of the doorway of a train car.

Woman Boarding a Pullman Sleeper- helped by a Pullman Porter, Chicago History Museum, Chicago History Museum, Cica 1915

Photograph of a woman boarding a train with the help of a Pullman Porter. Porter stands off to the right, behind the passenger so as not to interfere…

Tags: Pullman Porters

1039 N 11th Street. Rooming House managed by A.G.Smith in the 20's.

This was a Rooming House run by Mr. A. G. Smith in 1920. He lived there with his three sons Charley, A. Deny and Kidney Smith. Pullman Porter Ernest…

1320 14th Street. Rented by William Walker (1920)

This is the location of the house rented by Pullman Porter William Walker and his family in the 20's. Now occupied by the Catholic Social Services…

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.

1920 United States Federal Census for Alice Carriger Family, US Records of the Bureau of the Census,, 1920

Census records of Alice Carigger after the death of her husband John Carigger. Showing her household consisting of Elinor ( her daughter) and…

Tags: Carriger Family, Census