1870 Pullman's Palace Car Railroad Stock Certificate Geo. Pullman Signed!!

Description: 1870 Stock Certificate for Pullman's Palace Car Company signed by President George M. Pullman and other company executives. The stock is for 5 shares and remains in Very Good Condition with the usual punch cancellations present that do affect the signature (please review photos carefully.) Certificate has some glue residue on the left border. Guaranteed authentic! Bargain Price!! 1 revenue stamp present. Great opportunity to own a piece of 19th Century Railroad History that is 154 years old. Would look FANTASTIC framed! Please check my feedback!! (I do not ship out of the USA.) 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 in Chicago for the workers who manufactured it. This ultimately led to the Pullman strike due to the high rent prices charged for company housing and low wages paid by the Pullman Company. His Pullman Company also hired black men to staff the Pullman cars, known as Pullman porters, who provided elite service and were compensated only in tips.Struggling to maintain profitability during an 1894 downturn in manufacturing demand, he halved wages and required workers to spend long hours at the plant, but did not lower prices of rents and goods in his company town. He gained presidential support by Grover Cleveland for the use of federal military troops which left 30 strikers dead in the violent suppression of workers there to end the Pullman Strike of 1894. A national commission was appointed to investigate the strike, which included assessment of operations of the company town. In 1898, the Supreme Court of Illinois ordered the Pullman Company to divest itself of the town, which became a neighborhood of the city of Chicago.

Price: 120 USD

Location: Castle Rock, Colorado

End Time: 2024-09-28T21:05:24.000Z

Shipping Cost: 4.2 USD