Fred Harvey Era Silver and Turquoise Bracelet [SOLD]

The Fred Harvey Company was very instrumental in exposing the Southwest and its enchanting residents to the Eastern United States population.  The Fred Harvey Company popularized the artists of the Southwest by advertising their arts on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway calendars and publications.  Tourists from the east travelled to New Mexico to experience the romance touted by the Fred Harvey Company.

The Fred Harvey Company stocked its many hotel gift shops with Native American crafts and the tourists bought them by the thousands.  A very popular item of course was Native-style jewelry.  This bracelet is a style preferred by the Fred Harvey Company and it sold very well.  Bracelets with bows, arrows, and Indian images were the rage.

This bracelet is one of the most popular styles. The silver band is stamped with arrows, flying eagles, the Fred Harvey Company Thunderbird logo and, attached, are cutouts of an Indian with a feather head bonnet.  The centerpiece is a beautiful green domed turquoise stone.  The edges of the bracelet are scalloped. 

Condition: The bracelet is in original condition except for the crack in the stone at the point where there is a brown line on the edge of the cab.

Provenance: from a Portland, OR gentleman

Recommended Reading: North American Indian Jewelry and Adornment: From Prehistory to the Present [CONCISE] by Margaret Dubin