{"product_id":"california-limited-fred-harvey-dining-car-service-1906","title":"California Limited, Fred Harvey Dining Car Service 1906","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis glorious 1906 menu is from The California Limited, one of the passenger trains on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The service ran between Chicago and Los Angeles and a journey took 80 hours and 50 minutes and required 15 locomotive changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut don’t be too sorry for the passengers – their journeys were completed in luxurious surroundings. There were sumptuous private sleeping quarters in Pullman cars, opulent passenger lounges and, as evidenced by this menu, a fine on-board restaurant. Later trains on this line were equipped with air conditioning, shower-baths and the services of a barber and a beautician.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe California Limited made its first run on November 27, 1892, and food service was by the famous Fred Harvey Company.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnglish-born entrepreneur Fred Harvey founded his business in 1875 to cater to the growing number of Americans traveling by train. He opened eating houses along the Santa Fe line and other railroads, staffing them with ‘Harvey Girls.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese were women aged between 18 and 30 who resided in housing adjacent to the restaurants and were supervised by a Senior Girl, who enforced curfews and chaperoned male visitors. Roughly 5,000 Harvey Girls moved out West, many of them marrying and having families.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFred Harvey expanded into restaurants, on-board catering, souvenir shops and hotels and is regarded as America’s first hospitality chain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe California Limited was withdrawn from service in 1954, giving it the longest tenure of any train on the Chicago-Los Angeles run of the Santa Fe. By then, the journey had been reduced to about 60 hours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe illustrations on this more than a hundred-year-old menu represent native American tribes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Courtesy The Chapman S Root collection at the Culinary Institute of America’s Menu Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson K3 archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll printed in USA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eEach order includes a print of the interior menu.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"CIA","offers":[{"title":"8.5x11\" Archival Print (Unframed) $25.00","offer_id":57491723419814,"sku":"kga1790051963255","price":15.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11x14 Archival Print (Unframed) $30.00","offer_id":57491723452582,"sku":"vht1790051963256","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"13x19 Archival Print (Unframed) $40.00","offer_id":57491723485350,"sku":"qgo1790051963257","price":24.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20 Archival Print (Unframed) $55.00","offer_id":57491723518118,"sku":"wro1790051963258","price":38.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x24 Archival Print (Unframed) $85.00","offer_id":57491723550886,"sku":"rxq1790051963259","price":51.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36 Archival Print (Unframed) $135.00","offer_id":57491723583654,"sku":"kas1790051963260","price":82.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/9133\/8662\/files\/california-limited-fred-harvey-dining-car-service-1906_1.webp?v=1790051967","url":"https:\/\/coffeetamper.shop\/products\/california-limited-fred-harvey-dining-car-service-1906","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}