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Behind the scenes in a restaurant : a study of 1017 women restaurant employees

Consumers' League of New York City · 1916 · [New York : The League] · 5 pictures

A 1916 social survey published in New York by the Consumers' League of New York City, examining the working conditions of 1017 women employed in restaurants. Its pictures include a line chart of wages plotted against dollar amounts, a column of black silhouette figures showing women at work, a photograph of a woman in a cramped room, and a narrow alley between tenement buildings, offering a designer stark monochrome graphics, silhouette figures and gridded chart styling.

Women -- Employment -- New York (State) -- New York -- Statistics · Waitresses -- New York (State) -- New York · Restaurants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Employees

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