Mary Colter, architect and decorator. (Books About Antiques).(Mary Colter, Architect of the Southwest)

From: The Magazine Antiques | Date: April 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

The American West was mythologized almost as soon as it was settled. Its exoticism was carefully tended by, among others, the Fred Harvey Company in conjunction with the Santa Fe Railway. The Santa Fe brought the people and Fred Harvey made them comfortable in hotels and restaurants along the rail line. They were served at table by a disciplined army of Harvey Girls and shown the sights in Harveycars.

Fred Harvey was an English immigrant who batted around the United States in a random fashion until in 1876 he sold the Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad on the idea of ...

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