Oldest surviving former Pullman porter

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user 3575

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This is pretty sweet...an audio slide show/slice o' life about the oldest surviving (100 years old)Pullman/UP porter.

 

LA Times
 
As it turns out, there's an even older surviving Pullman porter. His brother saw the story about Lee Wesley Gibson (above), and apparently made some calls...

105-year-old fondly recalls his days as a Pullman porter

"Ben Isaacs was also a Pullman porter. He began his railroad career in April 1936, according to the Chicago-based Newberry Library, which keeps data on Pullman employees. Isaacs retired in December 1968, records from the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board show.

"Most important, Isaacs was born Sept. 8, 1904 — six years before Gibson. That would make him 105."
 
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