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[Photograph of Harvey House Cook and Harvey Girl]

Photograph of a Harvey House cook standing outside of a building with a Harvey Girl, both wearing uniforms as employees of the Somerville Harvey House. They have been identified at Dee Mackey (left) and Annie Mabel Sexton (right).
Date: [1901..1940]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Somerville Harvey House Employees]

Photograph of employees of the Somerville Harvey House, three men and seven women all wearing uniforms.
Date: [1901..1940]
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

[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 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

[Photograph of Slaton Harvey House Interior]

Photograph of the interior of the Slaton Harvey House dining room, with pictures on the walls and a sign that says "Fred Harvey."
Date: [1912..1942]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
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 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 Somerville Harvey House and Employees]

Photograph of the Santa Fe Somerville Depot Harvey House Restaurant and Hotel, with Harvey Girls and other employees standing on the porch outside of the two-story building. According to a typed note on the photograph, the restaurant was at the north end of the first floor of the depot, with the hotel on the second floor. The people in the photo are identified as, left to right, Mrs. Ella White (supervisor), Maggie Bell Mackey, Annie Huebner Tonn, Adline Balke, a maid, Bessie Balke, Dee Mackey, Mrs. Ed Mackey, Ello Woods, Wilson Woods, and Jessie Woods.
Date: 1913~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Maxine Cockerell Wilson Johnson and Harold Wilson]

Photograph of Maxine Cockerell Wilson Johnson and Harold Wilson of Canadian, Texas standing outside with a horse between them. Maxine is wearing a Harvey House uniform.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ralph W. Ater to Miss Roberta Biles - November 6, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Ralph W. Ater to Miss Roberta Biles - November 6, 1953]

Letter from Ralph W. Ater to Miss Roberta Biles, both of Amarillo, Texas, which includes a memo with information about the Santa Fe railroad in the Amarillo and Panhandle area of Texas.
Date: November 6, 1953
Creator: Ater, Ralph W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping] (open access)

[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
[Newspaper Article: Harvey Girls Were Queens In Days When The Railroad Was King In The West] (open access)

[Newspaper Article: Harvey Girls Were Queens In Days When The Railroad Was King In The West]

Newspaper article published in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal detailing the life of Harvey Girls as well as the history of Fred Harvey and Harvey Houses.
Date: November 17, 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Interview with Caroline Bush Emeny] (open access)

[Transcript of Interview with Caroline Bush Emeny]

Transcript of an interview with Caroline Bush Emeny (Mrs. Frederick L. Emeny) by Mrs. Clyde Warwick and Mrs. Faye B. Crain, relating the history of Mr. W. H. Bush of New York, as well as his family's move to Texas via the railroad.
Date: July 17, 1969
Creator: Warwick, Mrs. Clyde & Crain, Faye B.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Harvey House Historical Narrative] (open access)

[Harvey House Historical Narrative]

Narrative detailing the history of Harvey Houses, including the Temple Harvey House specifically, with an invitation and program attached for the "Hats On for the Harvey House" luncheon benefiting the Temple Railroad and Pioneer Museum.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe W. Zvolanek to Rosa Walston Latimer - March 11, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Joe W. Zvolanek to Rosa Walston Latimer - March 11, 1992]

Letter from Joe W. Zvolanek to Rosa Walston Latimer asking for information about his mother, Maria Zvolanek, who worked as a Harvey Girl in Temple and died when he was two years old.
Date: unknown
Creator: Zvolanek, Joe W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer] (open access)

[Letter from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer]

Letter from Madge Saenz, referred to here as "Mary Magdalene (Jones) Saenz (known as Madge)", of Galveston, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer, in which she gives detailed information about her position and work as a Harvey Girl in a Harvey House.
Date: unknown
Creator: Saenz, Madge
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Alma Vera Allen Smith to Rosa Walston Latimer] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Alma Vera Allen Smith to Rosa Walston Latimer]

Letter from Mrs. Alma Vera Allen Smith of Newton, Kansas to Rosa Walston Latimer of Lubbock, Texas with descriptions of her life as a Harvey Girl at a Harvey House in Canadian, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Mrs. Alma Vera Allen Smith
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Harvey Girls]

Photograph of Manie Kopisch and Marie Ozment, both wearing Harvey Girl uniforms, standing near a garden outside of a building.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
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 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

[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
[Santa Fe Dining Car Children's Menu] (open access)

[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
[Slaton, Texas Harvey House Brochure] (open access)

[Slaton, Texas Harvey House Brochure]

Brochure with information about the Harvey House of Slaton, Texas, a historic bed and breakfast and event center, including hours of operation, a map, and an order form for monetary contributions.
Date: unknown
Creator: Slaton Railroad Heritage Association
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History