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The Seymour Library welcomes back Jason Scappaticci the Bowtie Historian. Me. Scappaticci will give a talk on the history of The Harvey House--which while unknown today were seminal in the making of the modern American restaurant.
The Harvey House is mostly known to modern Americans from the Judy Garland 1946 movie"Harvey Girls" but the founder Fred Harvey in 1876 brought into existence the idea of a modern chain restaurant--uniform standards of food quality and matching service and later integrated with a hotel chain. Fred Harvey partnered with the Santa Fe Railroad and eventually spanned 12 states at the chain's height. The chain became known for the quality of it's food and it's prim Harvey girl waitresses in the wilds of the American West.
American franchise restaurants owe a great deal to Fred Harvey.
Call the Library at 203-888-3903 for more information on this program.
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