From the press release:
Setting the Standard: The Fred Harvey Company and Its Legacy
New Mexico History Museum
Fred Harvey Eating House Gong
Courtesy Daggett Harvey
Photo by Blair Clark
Over the years, gongs like this one were carried out onto train station platforms all over the Southwest to call passengers in to eat Fred Harvey meals in the dining room or the lunch counter. This one hung in the Chicago headquarters of the Fred Harvey Company.
Note: Representative image at left is often cropped for display purposes. Downloaded high-resolution images are not cropped.