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- Proprietors and Staff outside Mayfair Diner, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1944 -
- 1944
- Collections - Artifact
Proprietors and Staff outside Mayfair Diner, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1944
- Fred Harvey Restaurant Menu Featuring "Arrival of the Harvey Girls" by Doris Lee, 1947 - Doris Lee (1904-1983) painted scenes from everyday American life. Her interest in and collections of American folk art influenced her work. During the 1940s and 1950s, <em>Life</em> magazine sent Lee on several assignments and commissioned her to illustrate her travels. In 1945, she went to Hollywood. While there, MGM, too, hired Lee to create works around its film, <em>The Harvey Girls</em>.
- October 31, 1947
- Collections - Artifact
Fred Harvey Restaurant Menu Featuring "Arrival of the Harvey Girls" by Doris Lee, 1947
Doris Lee (1904-1983) painted scenes from everyday American life. Her interest in and collections of American folk art influenced her work. During the 1940s and 1950s, Life magazine sent Lee on several assignments and commissioned her to illustrate her travels. In 1945, she went to Hollywood. While there, MGM, too, hired Lee to create works around its film, The Harvey Girls.
- Deluxe Town Diner Menu -
- circa 2000
- Collections - Artifact
Deluxe Town Diner Menu
- Advertising Layout Illustration of Woman Serving Food, H. J. Heinz Company, 1920 - The H.J. Heinz Company employed ambitious and comprehensive advertising strategies to meet consumers at home, in stores, and everywhere in between. Product marketing strongly targeted housewives and women, assuring them that Heinz products were superior. These advertisements, like the one seen here, typically featured a woman purchasing, preparing, cooking, or serving Heinz products to their families.
- 1920
- Collections - Artifact
Advertising Layout Illustration of Woman Serving Food, H. J. Heinz Company, 1920
The H.J. Heinz Company employed ambitious and comprehensive advertising strategies to meet consumers at home, in stores, and everywhere in between. Product marketing strongly targeted housewives and women, assuring them that Heinz products were superior. These advertisements, like the one seen here, typically featured a woman purchasing, preparing, cooking, or serving Heinz products to their families.
- Waitress Apron, 1940-1950 - Restaurant employees wear aprons to protect their clothing from spills as they serve customers. Pockets are a bonus, providing a convenient place to keep paper pads, pens, and straws close at hand. This classic 1940s-style apron -- perhaps worn by a waitress in a diner or casual restaurant -- was commercially made by a uniform company.
- 1940-1950
- Collections - Artifact
Waitress Apron, 1940-1950
Restaurant employees wear aprons to protect their clothing from spills as they serve customers. Pockets are a bonus, providing a convenient place to keep paper pads, pens, and straws close at hand. This classic 1940s-style apron -- perhaps worn by a waitress in a diner or casual restaurant -- was commercially made by a uniform company.
- Menu-Insert Card, "Home-Style Goodness! Individual Chicken Pie," 1950-1970 - Diner owners provided additional meal options for customers with menu cards like this one. While customers could order from the standard menu, this card's snappy graphics and alluring price offered an easy culinary decision. Owners could also update their specials daily, changing out yesterday's cards for ones touting the meal planned for today.
- 1950-1970
- Collections - Artifact
Menu-Insert Card, "Home-Style Goodness! Individual Chicken Pie," 1950-1970
Diner owners provided additional meal options for customers with menu cards like this one. While customers could order from the standard menu, this card's snappy graphics and alluring price offered an easy culinary decision. Owners could also update their specials daily, changing out yesterday's cards for ones touting the meal planned for today.
- Deluxe Town Diner Advertising Illustrations -
- circa 2000
- Collections - Artifact
Deluxe Town Diner Advertising Illustrations
- Waitress Cleaning the Juke Box inside Pole Tavern Diner, Woodstown, New Jersey, 1955-1957 -
- 1955-1957
- Collections - Artifact
Waitress Cleaning the Juke Box inside Pole Tavern Diner, Woodstown, New Jersey, 1955-1957