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This photograph shows a group of Harvey Girls standing in front of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey House in Syracuse, Kansas. The young 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 1888 and 1899
Item Number: 210738
Call Number: ATSF Series 1, #6.86
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210738
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Commerce
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 - 1880s
Date - 1890s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Syracuse
Places - Counties - Hamilton
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Type of Material - Photographs
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