Mrs. M.J. Parlato in conference with members of Service Department, Parlato Motor Company
Description:
View of Mrs. M.J. Parlato in conference with members of Service Department of the Parlato Motor Company, a Chevrolet dealership. Supplies are stacked on shelves. Signs in background read: "Such a condition is caused by one of three things or perhaps all three ... 1. Mechanics not producing labor within flat rate time. 2. Insufficient work coming in the shop. 3. Improper pricing of repair orders," "Success is good management in action," and "Never forget a customer, never let him forget you." Label on back: "Mrs. M.J. Parlato, shown above in conference with two members of the Service Department of the Parlato Motor Co., Chevrolet dealers of Westhampton Beach, Long Island, N.Y., has joined forces with her husband, 'Mike' Parlato in 'saving the wheels that serve America' on the civilian as well as the military fronts. 'Mike' is now a senior instructor in the Army Transport Corps, Camp Lee, Virginia, and Mrs. Parlato has assumed active management of the Westhampton dealership. Mrs. Parlato has not only made a decided success of handling the management of the dealership but is also an assistant on the local rationing board and a member of the American Red Cross Committee which obtains supplies for various Army and Navy hospitals and camps." Stamped on back: "General Motors Photographic." Handwritten on back: "Women workers."
