Fred Harvey Company

Manufacturer / MakerCreated by Yale and Towne Mfg. Co. (Stamford, Connecticut, 1869 - 2001)

AssociationAssociated with Fred Harvey Company (Florence, Kansas, 1876 - 1968)

Date1948

Mediumcopper

Dimensions2 × 5 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (5.1 × 13.3 × 6.4 cm)

ClassificationsTools, Implements & Weights

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Mr. Morely Knight Dunn

Object numberPC1981.146.4

DescriptionThis cast copper sombrero-shaped ashtray or ash tray, inscribed or stamped "Fred Harvey Company," features a dented cone-shaped crown and an upturned brim. The reverse is a lighter gold color, and has the name "M. K. Dunn" scrated into the underbrim. The Fred Harvey Company was at the center of early-to-mid twentieth century tourism in the Southwest and objects like this sort to symbolize the area and the culture within it, stereotyping Indigenous and Mexican culture in the process.

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