SML-115 A Harvey Girl
SML-115 A HARVEY GIRL
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| reference numbers | SML-115: A Harvey Girl
(M) SML-115A: Early Harvey Girl (M) |
| description | waitress standing by table |
| dimensions | height = 2 3/4 inches |
| topics and series | Topics: American
Life and Values Occupations
& Professions Series: None |
| related items | none |
| first issued/withdrawn/ discontinued forever |
SML-115: (1948/1949/-) SML-115A: (unknown) |
| private issue and/or limited edition & quantity | private issue
for Harvey restaurants. SML-115: 1,500 made. SML-115A: 1,000 make |
| era first introduced. | Marblehead |
| value range | SML-115: 200/250 SML-115A: 225/275 |
| auction notes | none |
| comments/observations | none |
GENERAL INFORMATION. Harvey restaurants dotted the Great West, tracing the growth and prosperity of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad. The restaurants became an institution with Western travelers as did the distinctive costumes of the waitresses, the Harvey Girls.
A Carbone gift salesman, traveling from Chicago to Los Angeles, got the idea for this promotion and sold it to restaurant management in Los Angeles. The first order was for 1,000 pieces and the reorder, a year later, for 500. The figurine was used for railroad advertising.From The Sebastian Miniature Collection by Dr. Glenn S. Johnson.
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