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This photograph shows a group of Harvey House girls standing in front of the Fred Harvey restaurant in Syracuse, Kansas. The women, wearing modest black dresses with long white aprons, served meals to travelers at the Fred Harvey hotels and restaurants along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway line.
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
Item Number: 210649
Call Number: ATSF Series 1, #6.71
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210649
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Transportation
Built Environment - Function - Commerce/Trade - Restaurant
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Waitresses
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Services - Food and drink - Restaurants - Harvey Houses
Collections - Photograph - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Date - 1920s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Syracuse
Places - Counties - Hamilton
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Type of Material - Photographs
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