Harvey Girls
ISBN-13:
9781569249260
ISBN-10:
1569249261
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
Lesley Poling-Kempes
Publication date:
1994
Publisher:
Da Capo Press
Format:
Paperback
252 pages
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ISBN-13:
9781569249260
ISBN-10:
1569249261
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
Lesley Poling-Kempes
Publication date:
1994
Publisher:
Da Capo Press
Format:
Paperback
252 pages
Summary
Harvey Girls (ISBN-13: 9781569249260 and ISBN-10: 1569249261), written by authors
Lesley Poling-Kempes, was published by Da Capo Press in 1994.
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Description
Zia Award for Excellence, New Mexico Press Women
From the 1880s to the 1950s, the Harvey Girls went west to work in Fred Harvey's restaurants along the Santa Fe railway. At a time when there were "no ladies west of Dodge City and no women west of Albuquerque," they came as waitresses, but many stayed and settled, founding the struggling cattle and mining towns that dotted the region. Interviews, historical research, and photographs help re-create the Harvey Girl experience. The accounts are personal, but laced with the history the women lived: the dust bowl, the depression, and anecdotes about some of the many famous people who ate at the restaurants--Teddy Roosevelt, Shirley Temple, Bob Hope, to name a few. This is the definitive work on the Harvey Girls and the Santa Fe Railway.
From the 1880s to the 1950s, the Harvey Girls went west to work in Fred Harvey's restaurants along the Santa Fe railway. At a time when there were "no ladies west of Dodge City and no women west of Albuquerque," they came as waitresses, but many stayed and settled, founding the struggling cattle and mining towns that dotted the region. Interviews, historical research, and photographs help re-create the Harvey Girl experience. The accounts are personal, but laced with the history the women lived: the dust bowl, the depression, and anecdotes about some of the many famous people who ate at the restaurants--Teddy Roosevelt, Shirley Temple, Bob Hope, to name a few. This is the definitive work on the Harvey Girls and the Santa Fe Railway.
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