Paris more like Okla?
Vintage.es has some pix of French bakeries with their employees posing in front, circa 1910.
What's interesting: Aside from the BIG bread loaves, these people look more midwestern American than Euro or NYC. They don't look the way I imagine Parisians would look. Instead, they're dressed like my Okie ancestors in pictures from the same period.
Several of the pix include kids and dogs, clearly and proudly part of the crew. Everyone was useful before bureaucracies ruined culture.