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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 1297196, member: 2844&quot;]Very nice, and evocative of an era. Probably made in the 1930s-40s for trade along the Santa Fe Railway.</p><p>Not traditional Navajo, but probably Native made. The pin can be replaced in a minute, maybe two.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bird is often called a thunderbird, but it is actually inspired by a petroglyph found while building the railroad. It became the symbol of the Santa Fe Railway.</p><p>Fred Harvey was the first to open a chain of restaurants and souvenir shops along the railroad. He also organized craft exhibits. The name Fred Harvey is often used for souvenir jewellery of that era.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fred Harvey and FH jewellery fact and fiction:</p><p><a href="https://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/2015/11/17/fred-harvey-the-man-the-era-the-jewelry/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/2015/11/17/fred-harvey-the-man-the-era-the-jewelry/" rel="nofollow">https://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/2015/11/17/fred-harvey-the-man-the-era-the-jewelry/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Some jewellery associated with the &#039;Fred Harvey era&#039;:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.shgcdn.com/7c724e30-e8ab-4aab-99d1-cfb14050929a/-/format/auto/-/preview/3000x3000/-/quality/lighter/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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