Harvey Girl

by Sheila Wood Foard

Book Overview

Wanted: Young women, 18 to 30 years of age, of good moral character, attractive and intelligent, as waitresses in the Harvey Eating Houses on the Santa Fe Railroad in the West. Good wages with room and meals furnished. Liberal tips customary. Experience not necessary. Harvey Girls served gourmet meals to passengers of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway. During the late 1800s and the first half of the 1900s, Harvey Houses were a familiar sight...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896725707
• ISBN13: 9780896725706
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 9 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 8