I could give you a lot of history about Fred Harvey, the Harvey Girls, and their impact on the civilization of the American West in general and Kansas and Missouri in particular, but then I wouldn’t leave anything for local historian Tom Taylor and local fashion historian, Bonnie Hansen to talk about.
The Fat City blog will whet your appetite for tonight’s program at the Waldo Branch of the Kansas City Public Library. Tom Taylor will start the program at 6:30pm with an historical examination of the iconic waitreses and their patron. Bonnie Hansen of Vintage Nouveau: Fashions from the Past will then model and discuss the historical significance of the clothing and accessories worn by the Harvey Girls.
Come hear how the West was really tamed, by food and women.
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