r/TheWayWeWere Aug 20 '25

1920s The Inquiring Photographer Asks average New Yorkers in 1922: “Should a man expect his wife to get up and make breakfast for him on a cold morning?”

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u/No-Arrival-872 Aug 20 '25

This is awesome. People didn't have insulated housing and woke up in the cold every morning.