Fred Harvey Coffee Can

Manufacturer / Maker Fred Harvey Company (1876 - 1968)

Dateca. 1945

Mediumlithographed tin

ClassificationsVessels & Containers

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase, Trust and Agency Fund

Object numberPC2007.71.1

DescriptionFred Harvey's coffee can has a light brown colored logo of a Harvey Girl portrait around an orange background on a lithographed tin.The Harvey Girl was the nickname for the famous well-trained waitresses hired by the company to serve railroad passengers along the route. The Fred Harvey Company packaged its own coffee for use on its Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway service and the Harvey Houses along the railroad line, including Albuquerque's Alvarado Hotel.

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