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Box 3

 Container

Contains 46 Results:

Subseries 1: The beginning and Purity Creamery, 1928 - 1947

 Sub-Series — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents This subseries contains information on Treva’s first job and her time at Purity Creamery. Her first job is represented by a letter, dated 1928, offering Treva employment at Spring Grove Hospital. The material related to Purity Creamery consists of a combination Christmas and New Year’s card from Purity Creamery; a photo from inside Purity Creamery, Treva is the second from the left (including woman at separate counter); an unspecified loan amount note with blank letterhead from “Law...
Dates: 1928 - 1947

Subseries 2: Randy Rock Drive-In, 1961

 Sub-Series — Box: 3, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

This subseries contains a photo of an unidentified man sitting on a stool by a counter; a green menu from Randy Rock; an orange menu from Randy Rock; a photo of workers at Randy Rock, the back reads “Katie, Xmas of 1961, Randy Rock”; and a photo of workers at Randy Rock with a slightly different pose and grouping from the first picture, back reads “Treva, Xmas of 1961, Randy Rock”.

Dates: 1961

Subseries 3: Suburban House, 1968 - 1973

 Sub-Series — Box: 3, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents This subseries contains a postcard that shows the interior of Suburban House; a memo “to all waitresses” about new prices; a typed “personal message” telling waitresses how to improve job performance; a typed “notice to entire staff” concerning the care of desserts; a Suburban House menu; an altered Suburban House menu where all of the prices have been marked out and changed; inter-office correspondence concerning liquor sales; the “Dining Out” section of “Gourmet’s Delight” paper which has...
Dates: 1968 - 1973

Subseries 1: Brochures, 1945 - 1975

 Sub-Series — Box: 3, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

This subseries contains brochures and travel literature. The bulk is from Treva’s Trade Winds Tour of San Francisco, Hawaii, and Las Vegas. This subseries also contains a little brochure from Cypress Gardens; a brochure for Hotel Roberts in Miami; a souvenir program from Hialeah (a thoroughbred racetrack); and a brochure for New Orleans.

Dates: 1945 - 1975

Subseries 2: Correspondence, 1947 - 1959

 Sub-Series — Box: 3, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

This subseries contains a card from “Boots” (a man who Treva worked with) sent to the Exotic Gardens in Miami Beach; a telegram from Wretha to Treva; a confirmation letter for a hotel reservation; and six postcards all mailed from Florida to Ben Gettings.

Dates: 1947 - 1959

Subseries 3: Ephemera, 1953 - 1982

 Sub-Series — Box: 3, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

This subseries contains twenty-four pieces of travel-related ephemera. The subseries consists of miscellaneous cards from mainly motels and restaurants; seven matchbooks; four napkins from various restaurants; five blank postcards; and a bar of soap from the “Golf Club Motor Hotel on the strip” in Las Vegas.

Dates: 1953 - 1982

Treva’s parents, Ernest and Eva (Rosenberger) Walkling “up on the farm” in Westminster, circa 1920s

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series, arranged chronologically, contains assorted photographs from the life of Treva Walkling. The forty photographs are accompanied by a list of captions provided mainly by the donor, Eve Carr. The following photograph index matches the index found with the photographs. The numbers in the corner of each photograph envelope correspond to the number order on the index.

Dates: circa 1920s

Formal portrait of Treva as a baby, taken by “Mitchell” of Westminster, MD, photo is matted, 1909

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series, arranged chronologically, contains assorted photographs from the life of Treva Walkling. The forty photographs are accompanied by a list of captions provided mainly by the donor, Eve Carr. The following photograph index matches the index found with the photographs. The numbers in the corner of each photograph envelope correspond to the number order on the index.

Dates: 1909

Formal portrait of (from left to right) Treva, Ernest (Pumpy), and Alvin Walkling, circa 1910s

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series, arranged chronologically, contains assorted photographs from the life of Treva Walkling. The forty photographs are accompanied by a list of captions provided mainly by the donor, Eve Carr. The following photograph index matches the index found with the photographs. The numbers in the corner of each photograph envelope correspond to the number order on the index.

Dates: circa 1910s

Treva as a young girl with possibly her cousin, Ruth Rosenberger, in Westminster, circa 1910s

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series, arranged chronologically, contains assorted photographs from the life of Treva Walkling. The forty photographs are accompanied by a list of captions provided mainly by the donor, Eve Carr. The following photograph index matches the index found with the photographs. The numbers in the corner of each photograph envelope correspond to the number order on the index.

Dates: circa 1910s