Fred Harvey issued several menus with patriotic themes during World War II, including menus helping people identify Army, Navy, and Marine Corps insignia. This one shows officer stripes from ensign to admiral and sailor insignia from boatswain to radio-electrician.

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The menu was used in the Semaphore Luncheonette in Chicago’s Union Station. Although it calls itself a “fountain service” menu it includes salads and sandwiches. It is undated, but the list of Santa Fe restaurants on the back does not include the Harvey House in Brownwood, Texas, where the Dallas and Houston sections of the California Special met/divided. Those trains went through Brownwood in the middle of the night, which clearly wasn’t enough to keep a Harvey House open, so it closed in 1944. I would therefore date this menu to 1945.

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Fred Harvey also issued four postcards showing Army, Marine, Navy, and general insignia. Above is the Navy postcard, which is nearly identical to the menu cover, while below are postcards showing Army, Marine, and general insignia. These postcards were issued in 1942.

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