Why You WOULDN'T Survive a Night on the Gilded Age Pullman Train | History for Sleep
Sleepy Old World
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In 1888, the Pullman Palace Car Company operated the most luxurious passenger trains in the world. Cherry wood paneling. White linen tablecloths. Standing rib roast served on a moving train at forty miles per hour. Ice cream for dessert. Shoes shined while you slept.
Tonight, you board the Pullman Limited, New York to Chicago, November 1888, and spend the night inside a world that was beautiful, meticulously crafted, and built on a foundation most passengers preferred not to think about.
This video covers the real history of the Pullman sleeping car, the social hierarchy on board, the dining car menus, the Black porters who kept everything running through the night, and what it actually felt like to cross nine hundred and sixty miles of dark American countryside in a berth the size of a wardrobe.
đ RESOURCES
Newberry Library â Pullman Company Records
https://archives.newberry.org/reposit...
Newberry Library â Pullman Employee Records
https://www.newberry.org/collection/r...
#sleephistory #historyforsleep #gildedage #luxurytrain #nighttrain
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Why You WOULDN'T Survive a Night on the Gilded Age Pullman Train | History for Sleep
Sleepy Old World
2,773 views
In 1888, the Pullman Palace Car Company operated the most luxurious passenger trains in the world. Cherry wood paneling. White linen tablecloths. Standing rib roast served on a moving train at forty miles per hour. Ice cream for dessert. Shoes shined while you slept.
Tonight, you board the Pullman Limited, New York to Chicago, November 1888, and spend the night inside a world that was beautiful, meticulously crafted, and built on a foundation most passengers preferred not to think about.
This video covers the real history of the Pullman sleeping car, the social hierarchy on board, the dining car menus, the Black porters who kept everything running through the night, and what it actually felt like to cross nine hundred and sixty miles of dark American countryside in a berth the size of a wardrobe.
đ RESOURCES
Newberry Library â Pullman Company Records
https://archives.newberry.org/reposit...
Newberry Library â Pullman Employee Records
https://www.newberry.org/collection/r...
#sleephistory #historyforsleep #gildedage #luxurytrain #nighttrain