Description:
Silver print, 8 x 10 inches; subject ID verso.A well-composed portrait of Henrietta Gloff, who for many years worked as an accomplished courier guide for the Southern Pacific Railway.
A 1930 article published in the Los Angeles Times (accompanied by a reproduction of the present photo), states that, "The Santa Fe Railway, in conjunction with Fred Harvey, has built up highway tours and cruises covering practically all of New Mexico and Northern Arizona, designating them as Indian-detours and Motor-cruises, and placing the various travelers in the hands of young women, college graduates, who are known as Courier Guides." The article goes on to describe Gloff as "one of the most widely known of the Couriers, who has piloted many people from Southern California through the strange areas of New Mexico and Arizona and up Into the Rainbow Bridgo Country."
