In The Harvey Girls, Juliette Fay (The Tumbling Turner Sisters) gives a nod to the 1942 novel of the same title by Samuel Hopkins Adams, which inspired the MGM musical starring Judy Garland. Harvey Houses were a chain of restaurant/inns at train stops all along the American Southwest when the West was still wild. Before Fred Harvey founded the chain it was difficult to get decent food on train rides that could last several days. The waitresses, or Harvey Girls, worked twelve hours a day to serve elegant meals in between train whistles. They dressed soberly and had to follow strict behavior codes. Still, the job enabled them to travel, make money, and meet eligible men.
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