Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Pullman porter in advertisement

Pullman porter in advertisement

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Original – Pullman porters were men—all Black until the 1960s—hired by George Pullman to work on the railroads as porters on sleeping cars starting shortly after the American Civil War. They are widely credited with contributing to the development of the Black middle class in America.

Reason: High quality advertisement, bit of American history
Articles in which this image appears: Pullman porter +1
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator: Strobridge & Co. Lith.

Support as nominator – — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:07, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Lots of specks still. Can't do anything until the LoC comes back up - no point editing from a JPEG. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 05:54, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Cool 19th C. commercial detail: Mosler Safe Co., Wing Shot shotgun shells, Aurora Beer, Cook Carriage Co., Cabinet Whisky [sic], Peebles Perfectos – and the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway. Sca (talk) 13:32, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
...and a man called George who may not be called George Lemon martini (talk) 00:34, 30 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- That is one of the more interesting stubs I've seen. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:59, 30 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Historic stuff. Hafspajen (talk) 18:44, 31 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Tremonist (talk) 14:42, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very valuable. --PetarM (talk) 07:00, 2 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Interesting poster. Exploringlife (talk) 16:34, 2 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Historical EV.--Godot13 (talk) 07:47, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Pullman dining car 1894.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:25, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]