Male Cook at Work Behind the Counter of the Fairfield Diner, 1938-1940
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Diner cooks prepared food to order, deftly handling grills, ovens, fryers, and coffee urns in plain sight of customers. This photograph, taken about 1939, shows a cook working behind the counter at the Fairfield Diner in Connecticut.
Diner cooks prepared food to order, deftly handling grills, ovens, fryers, and coffee urns in plain sight of customers. This photograph, taken about 1939, shows a cook working behind the counter at the Fairfield Diner in Connecticut.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1938-1940
Subject Date
1938-1940
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
94.68.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Guy C. Close.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.125 in
Width: 3.063 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in ink on back: FAIRFIELD DINER / CONN / on Post Road / across from School / & Five [?] / (Reed Rd?) / Apx 38-40
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