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[Photograph of Prestene Dehrkoop and Jose Ornales]
Photograph of Prestene Dehrkoop of the El Paso Harvey Girl group wearing a black dress with a white apron, sitting next to Jose Ornales, a former salad boy at the El Paso Harvey House.
Date:
2008
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Slaton Harvey House Staff]
Photograph of a group of men and women from the Slaton Harvey House, most in Harvey House uniforms, with a family of husband, wife, and child sitting in the front row. They are identified as (left to right) front row: W. H. Bowman, manager, Virginia Bowman, Mrs. W. H. Bowman, N. A. Miller, W. O. Shelton, F. L. Wells, and H. T. Carr, and back row: Ira McCarver, Jimmy McCarver, John Shelton, Roybe Hill, Cleo Wolf, Jo Short, Verna Tabor, Mable Reno, and Blanche Tabor.
Date:
[1912..1942]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Windows in Brownwood Harvey House]
Photograph of stained-glass windows inside the Brownwood, Texas Harvey House.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Latimer, Rosa Walston
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Article: Railroad Museum Plans 'Harvey Girls' Luncheon]
Newspaper article about an upcoming Harvey Girls luncheon put on by the Temple, Texas Railroad and Pioneer Museum. The article was sent by Joe W. Zvolanek to Rosa Walston Latimer.
Date:
February 1992
Creator:
Ray, Randy
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Brownwood Harvey House]
Photograph of the exterior of the Brownwood, Texas Harvey House building.
Date:
2009
Creator:
Latimer, Rosa Walston
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. C. M. Jordan to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 19, 1992]
Letter from Mrs. C. M. Jordan of Gatesville, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer of Lubbock, Texas, describing Mrs. Jordan's experience working at Harvey Houses in Amarillo as well as other cities in Oklahoma and Kansas. Included is the letter's envelope.
Date:
February 19, 1992
Creator:
Jordan, Mrs. C. M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Obituary for Anna A. Dixon]
Obituary for Anna A. Dixon of Dickinson, Texas.
Date:
December 19, 1991
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Slaton Harvey House Interior abd Harvey Girls]
Photograph of the interior of the dining room of Slaton Harvey House, with Harvey Girls in uniform setting the tables.
Date:
[1912..1942]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Slaton Harvey House Interior]
Photograph of the interior of the dining room of Slaton Harvey House, with the tables set and a man standing behind a counter under a "cashier" sign.
Date:
[1912..1942]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dorothy Flynn to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 28, 1992]
Letter from Dorothy Flynn of Cleburne, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer relaying information about a friend, Jewell Curtes, who worked at the Cleburne Harvey House along with her mother and sister.
Date:
February 28, 1992
Creator:
Flynn, Dorothy
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Harvey Girls of El Paso Re-enactment Group]
Photograph of eight women dressed in black clothes with white aprons, all part of the Harvey Girls of El Paso re-enactment group.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Fred Harvey Bar Entrance]
Photograph of the original entrance to Fred Harvey Bar at Union Station in El Paso, Texas. The entrance is a wooden doorway that extends from the wall.
Date:
2013
Creator:
Latimer, Rosa Walston
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Pat Weaver to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 2, 1992]
Letter from Pat Weaver of Amarillo, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer of Lubbock, Texas with information about Alice Garnas, a Harvey Girl who worked for her father, as well as an invitation to meet with her writing group.
Date:
February 2, 1992
Creator:
Weaver, Pat
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Santa Fe Dining Car Children's Menu]
Children's menu from a Santa Fe Railroad dining car, with the food choices for breakfast, luncheon, and supper surrounded with cartoons and nursery rhymes.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Article: B'wood Harvey Girl in 'Texas Highways']
Newspaper article about Lillian Preas, a resident of Brownwood, Texas and former Harvey Girl whose story was used in the magazine Texas Highways.
Date:
January 26, 1992
Creator:
Graves, Harriette
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. G. Schurig to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 24, 1992]
Letter from R. G. Schurig of Mesa, Arizona to Rosa Walston Latimer of Lubbock, Texas with information about his father, who was a chef and baker in the Harvey House at Gainesville, Texas.
Date:
February 24, 1992
Creator:
Schurig, R. G.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Slaton Harvey House Dining Room]
Photograph of the dining room of the Slaton Harvey House, with ceiling fans suspended from the tall ceiling and several long tables set with silverware and menus.
Date:
[1912..1942]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Slaton Harvey House Dining Room]
Photograph of the dining room of the Slaton Harvey House, with ceiling fans suspended from the tall ceiling and several long tables set with silverware and menus.
Date:
[1912..1942]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ruth Narville Newton to Rosa Walston Latimer - June 14, 1992]
Letter from Ruth Narville Newton of Houston, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer in which she gives information about her sister and brother-in-law, Stella Narville Scott and Charles Dan Scott, who worked at Harvey Houses in Temple, Cleburne, Sweetwater, and Brownwood, Texas.
Date:
June 14, 1992
Creator:
Newton, Ruth Narville
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Temple Harvey House]
Photograph of three women and two men standing on the sidewalk in front of the Harvey House in Temple, Texas
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Article about Fred Harvey History]
Article written by Keith Hines about his memories and knowledge about the history of George Hill and Fred Harvey, as well as Harvey Houses and Harvey Girls.
Date:
May 25, 1984
Creator:
Hines, Keith
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Raymond Nichols to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 19, 1992]
Letter from Raymond Nichols of Fort Worth, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer in which he describes his employment as a pantry boy, night waiter, and then night manager at the Cleburne Harvey House.
Date:
February 19, 1992
Creator:
Nichols, Raymond
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping]
Clipping from the Slaton Slatonite newspaper with three articles: "RR Retirement Club Meets Regularly," "Painting For S-Fe Calendar is Selected," and "Harvey House Days Here." Included are photographs of members of the Retired Railroaders Club, Slaton Harvey House staff of 1931, and a man holding his son and standing on a railroad engine.
Date:
October 31, 1968
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of El Paso, Texas Union Station Interior]
Photograph of the ceiling in the interior of Union Station in El Paso, Texas.
Date:
2013
Creator:
Latimer, Rosa Walston
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History