Comments by "1931Spanish Eclectic" (@SpanishEclectic) on "What Happened to George Pullman's Mansion in Chicago?" video.

  1. I first heard of a Pullman car while watching The Wild, Wild West as a child. I might be wrong, but I seem to remember a certain type of large suitcase being called a Pullman case (Google says I'm right!). Grannie called it that. I like the Second Empire or Beaux Arts style mansions the best, though a cupola or dome on a Richardson Romanesque is tempting too...if I had to choose, LOL. I do think taxes imposed after the Civil War, and the financial crashes of 1893 and 1929 sounded death-knells for the extravagant mansion. Railroad buffs out there might like to know the California State Railroad Museum in Old Sacramento has a collection of 19 steam locomotives dating back to 1862, and various other cars, though not a Pullman that I can see from their website. I do agree that Pullman's home would have made a wonderful museum or gallery.
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