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Phoenix’s Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary will host a lecture and discussion of “early 1900’s silver Indian jewelry” Wednesday evening April 1st at 7:30PM. Nowadays known as ‘Fred Harvey Jewelry’ silver & turquoise jewelry lined the showcases of early century vendors. Laced with inventive but meaningful symbols souvenirs of the Southwest were easily disguished by these Thunderbirds Crossed Arrows and Whirling Logs. The mixing of such symbol-laden souvenir among handmade jewelry was not uncommon and has drawn parallel criticism in today’s connected world.
Scottsdale gallery owner author Dennis June will give a lecture focused upon this old time jewelry once more correctly known as “railroad jewelry” and it’s place modern times. As Dennis explains when it re-emerged around 1995 it was often depicted as something it was not – genuine. Sadly it has in recent years been tagged with a new moniker ‘Fred Harvey’ jewelry.
Dennis’ new book tosses a rope around this century-old genre and establishes logical methods to distinguish the souvenir from the genuine. Dennis’ book takes particular note of their fascinating offspring the newly described ‘hybrid.’
Inspired by Fred Harvey Company’s 1899 plea for lower priced silver Indian jewelry jewelry job shops emerged along the railway routes of the Southwest northern New Mexico in particular. Daily stretching from the Midwest to the Pacific coast and also Texas Harvey’s railroad travelers were thirsty for Native American Indian goods. Indian lands were the perfect place to get them. Navajo and Pueblo silversmiths found a bountiful new market built and serviced by Fred Harvey. It added economic vigor to an otherwise moribund Native American world and unleashed a torrent of souvenir look-alikes.
Wednesday’s museum gathering will feature an animated Dennis June presentation shown through the prism of the silver Indian bracelet. Many specimen from Dennis’ new book “Fred Harvey Jewelry 1900-1955” will be shown. Dennis will also discuss the book writing process with a display of Fred Harvey Jewelry specimens from his ten-year study.
For more information contact Mr. Clark: Pueblo Grande Museum 4619 E Washington Phoenix Az 602-945-0901
Author lecturer Dennis June can be contacted in afternoon hours at his Scottsdale gallery: 7056 E Main St Scottsdale AZ 85251 dennisjune@cox.net www.IndianDen.com 480-500-1000
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