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Harvey’s Happy Girls

by | Jan 10, 2012 | Art, Guns and Culture

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“There is never any sick among the travelers along the Santa Fe line on the eating houses. These are all owned and managed by Mr. Fred Harvey....” That was one heck of an endorsement from Denver, Colorado’s Daily News in 1892. It was like saying, “Eat here, and you won’t get sick!” Yet before Fred Harvey opened his lunchroom in 1876, train station eating houses were notoriously repulsive. Seeing a need and a way to make money, Harvey would vastly improve the dining experience f


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