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Like it or not, people found themselves pressured by the clock. Experts in "scientific management" segmented and streamlined both factory and office work to increase productivity, and advocated time-saving efficiencies for the home. Even leisure—time off—became defined by the clock. It was divided up, measured out, not to be wasted. |
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Refrigerator, Model T-7, about 1934; by General Electric Co., Schenectady, New York
Gift of Randy Sorenson and James Beckwith
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In the 1930s, efficiency expert Lillian Gilbreth sought with varying success to save the modern homemaker time and wasted motion. Her design of the interior of this electric refrigerator put frequently used items like eggs in special containers up front, in easy reach. Later researchers studied the most efficient ways of transferring eggs into those containers.
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