Wagner Palace Car Company - Annual Passes -Lists, 1899-1900
Scope and Contents note
Attorney, second President of the Pullman’s Palace Car Company (later Pullman Company), 1897 - 1911, and co-executor of the estate of George M. Pullman. Prior to his appointment as President, Robert Todd Lincoln served from 1892 - 1897 as the firm’s Special Counsel. During Lincoln’s tenure as President, the Pullman Company grew enormously and made a successful transition from wood to steel car construction. After his retirement in 1911, Lincoln was made Chairman of the Pullman Company Board of Directors. He died in 1926.
Small collection of records pertaining mainly to Lincoln’s tenure as Special Counsel for the Pullman’s Palace Car Company, 1892-1897. Most of the files relate to the town of Pullman and the Pullman Land Association, including the Pullman Street Railroad, the sewage farm, property valuations, and title deeds. There is also an exchange of correspondence and lists between Lincoln and William Seward Webb, President of the Wagner palace Car Company, concerning the issuance of annual railroad passes following the 1899 acquisition of Wagner by Pullman.
Dates
- Creation: 1899-1900
Creator
- From the Collection: Pullman Company (Organization)
Access
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