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Author Morris, Juddi.

Title The Harvey girls : the women who civilized the West / Juddi Morris.

Publication Info. New York : Walker and Co., 1994.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection  CH/YA 979.03 Morris Har 1994    Available  ---  Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo.
Description 101 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-95) and index.
Contents Fred Harvey's dream -- Will they come? -- Learning the Harvey way -- Who were these Harvey girls? -- Hear that whistle blow -- Life in a Harvey house -- Their finest hour -- The cavalcade ends.
Summary Text and photographs present the story of the Harvey girls who were waitresses in the Fred Harvey's chain of restaurants along the Santa Fe railroad. They were true pioneers, about one hundred thousand of them, who chose to travel West and provide high quality meals for railroad passengers.
Provenance Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo.
Subject Southwest, New -- History -- 1848-
New Southwest.
History.
Chronological Term 1848-
Subject Southwest, New -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Waitresses -- Southwest, New -- History.
Waitresses.
Restaurants -- Southwest, New -- History.
Restaurants.
Fred Harvey (Firm) -- History.
Fred Harvey (Firm)
Chronological Term Since 1848
Genre/Form History.
ISBN 0802783023
9780802783028
0802783031 (reinforced)
9780802783035 (reinforced)