Description
Obviously, this is not a card. But, there are few 3 dimensional categories for Black Americana. This is 1 3/8 inches in diameter. The maker is Waterbury Button Co. of Waterbury, Ct. Pullman was the name of the company that made elegant sleeping cars for the railroad companies. George Pullman started the town of Pullman that was about 15 miles south of downtown Chicago. It was annexed into Chicago in the 1890's. Mr. Pullman resided on the fashionable Prairie Avenue across the street from the important Glessner House mansion and 2 miles south of the downtown. This button would have been worn on a Pullman Porter's uniform. Porters were on beck and call to those who traveled via the Pullman cars. This group was mostly made up of African American men and they were generally the leaders in their communities. As an aside they also smuggled the Chicago Defender and other northern Black newspapers on the trains going to the south where they were banned. We ship to the following states. Alabama, Arizona, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Colorado, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia, Washington, Wyoming, Wisconsin & Washington, D.C. 123
