[Ads-l] Antedating of "Pullman Porter"

[Shapiro, Fred]

Pullman porter (OED 1893)

1872 Omaha Daily Bee 22 July 4/2 (Newspapers.com)

Seven weeks ago Charles Thomas, a colored Pullman porter, was united in the holy bans of matrimony to Isabella Thomas , a colored lady whom he had adored for a long time above all others.

Fred Shapiro

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