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Chicago Milwaukee & Saint Paul singing porters, St. Paul, Minnesota

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Chicago Milwaukee & Saint Paul "Olympis Quartet" singing porters. Many railway lines including the Pullman Company, trained its porters in quartet singing to entertain train guests.
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  1. African American Train Attendants
  2. African Americans
  3. Chicago Milwaukee & Saint Paul
  4. Olympis Quartet
  5. Pullman Company
  6. Pullman Porters
  7. Singing Porters
  8. St. Paul

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