The Santa Fe Line and the famous Fred Harvey restaurants forever changed New Mexico and the Southwest, bringing commerce, culture and opportunity to a desolate frontier. The first Harvey Girls ever hired staffed the Raton location. In a departure from the ubiquitous black and white uniform immortalized by Judy Garland in 1946's Harvey Girls, many of New Mexico's Harvey Girls wore colorful dresses reflective of local culture. In Albuquerque, the Harvey-managed Alvarado Hotel doubled as a museum for carefully curated native art. Join author Rosa Walston Latimer and discover New Mexico's unique h... Read More
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The Santa Fe Line and the famous Fred Harvey restaurants forever changed New Mexico and the Southwest, bringing commerce, culture and opportunity to a desolate frontier. The first Harvey Girls ever hired staffed the Raton location. In a departure from the ubiquitous black and white uniform immortalized by Judy Garland in 1946's Harvey Girls, many of New Mexico's Harvey Girls wore colorful dresses reflective of local culture. In Albuquerque, the Harvey-managed Alvarado Hotel doubled as a museum for carefully curated native art. Join author Rosa Walston Latimer and discover New Mexico's unique h... Read More
The Santa Fe Line and the famous Fred Harvey restaurants forever changed New Mexico and the Southwest, bringing commerce, culture and opportunity to a desolate frontier. The first Harvey Girls ever hired staffed the Raton location. In a departure from the ubiquitous black and white uniform immortalized by Judy Garland in 1946's Harvey Girls, many of New Mexico's Harvey Girls wore colorful dresses reflective of local culture. In Albuquerque, the Harvey-managed Alvarado Hotel doubled as a museum for carefully curated native art. Join author Rosa Walston Latimer and discover New Mexico's unique history of hospitality the "Fred Harvey way."
Details
Pages: 144
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Landmarks
Publication Date: 18th May 2015
State: New Mexico
Illustration Note: 100% Mono
ISBN: 9781626198593
Format: Paperback
BISACs: TRAVEL / Food, Lodging & Transportation / Restaurants PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Author Bio
Rosa Walston Latimer is a writer, independent bookstore owner, playwright and award-winning photographer. Inspired by her Harvey Girl grandmother, this is Latimer's second book on the Harvey legacy, following Harvey Houses of Texas. Her research has also appeared in "Texas Highways," and a staged play based on her grandmother's chance encounter at a Harvey House with the man she would one day marry. Latimer is currently writing a play titled "Rosie the Riveters" and a third Harvey House book.
The Santa Fe Line and the famous Fred Harvey restaurants forever changed New Mexico and the Southwest, bringing commerce, culture and opportunity to a desolate frontier. The first Harvey Girls ever hired staffed the Raton location. In a departure from the ubiquitous black and white uniform immortalized by Judy Garland in 1946's Harvey Girls, many of New Mexico's Harvey Girls wore colorful dresses reflective of local culture. In Albuquerque, the Harvey-managed Alvarado Hotel doubled as a museum for carefully curated native art. Join author Rosa Walston Latimer and discover New Mexico's unique history of hospitality the "Fred Harvey way."
Pages: 144
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Landmarks
Publication Date: 18th May 2015
State: New Mexico
Illustrations Note: 100% Mono
ISBN: 9781626198593
Format: Paperback
BISACs: TRAVEL / Food, Lodging & Transportation / Restaurants PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Rosa Walston Latimer is a writer, independent bookstore owner, playwright and award-winning photographer. Inspired by her Harvey Girl grandmother, this is Latimer's second book on the Harvey legacy, following Harvey Houses of Texas. Her research has also appeared in "Texas Highways," and a staged play based on her grandmother's chance encounter at a Harvey House with the man she would one day marry. Latimer is currently writing a play titled "Rosie the Riveters" and a third Harvey House book.
