Historic Bookshop Opening

A post-war bookshop opening scene with soldiers and ATS members browsing books. The atmosphere is lively and optimistic, showcasing mid-20th century retail.

Bookie in his office

A Soldier Opens a Shop- Trooper William Vaughan Opens a Book Shop on Tottenham Court Road, London, England, UK, 1945 Mr William Vaughan talks to a soldier and a member of the ATS, the first customers in his newly-opened book shop on Tottenham Court Road, London. They are examining a desk diary year book for 1945. In the background, several other ATS women can be seen, browsing the shelves. In the bottom left-hand corner, a workman is putting the finishing touches to the paintwork.

Business district. Super market. First National stores: Mary Foley, Esther McDermott , Supermarkets. Leon Abdalian Collection

Scene in bank. San Augustine, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Augustine, Texas , San Augustine County

Employees of county offices at a district FSA (Farm Security Administration) meeting 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Angelo, Texas , Tom Green County

Powell

Post office, rome, 70's

Photo collection Government information service. New Guinea, Indonesia. undated. New Guinea

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection Photo collection Risk information service own, photo number 156-0561. 1956

The State Railways, SJ Travel Agency in London under the name 'Swedish Travel Bureau'. At this time, the travel agency was 7-8 Conduit Street in London.

Bookie in his office

The telegraphs at the traffic office, Järntorget. Ellen Malmberg. Lisa Bratt, Ingeborg Bahr. In 1900-1910.

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection Photo collection Government information service own, photo number 156-0564. 1956

Anefo photo collection. Johan Cruijff in his sports store. Johan Cruyff behind the cash register, completely right Henny Cruyff. August 8, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

The craft's propaganda exhibition: Tiffram craftsman. Organizer AB. G.k.ekström.

Frithiof Daun, station inspector with the staff.

Tobacco dealer waiting on motorman at streetcar terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma , Oklahoma County

Stage Beauty Salon, Gene O. Taffet. 1024-A Beacon St., Brookline , Beauty shops, Manicuring. Leon Abdalian Collection

Anefo photo collection. Johan Cruijff in his sports store. Johan Cruyff behind the cash register, completely right Henny Cruyff. August 8, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Seventh catering industry 1963 in RAI building in Amsterdam, the chefs at work. January 7, 1963. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Electric AB Magnet, Ludvika. Office worker.

The Nordic Railwayman Society's 24th general meeting in Stockholm.

Customer receiving Change from Clerk after shopping at Cooperative Store, Escambia Farms, Florida, USA, John Collier, Jr., U.S. Office of War Information, June 1942

Anefo photo collection. His Royal Highness Prince Bernhard opened new wing from the NV optical industry "the Oude Delft", during the tour. March 11, 1964

Inspecting a matrix at the newspaper printer

Anefo photo collection. Shooting for air freight email at Schiphol, assignment. January 10, 1973

Negro staff, Newport News Homesteads, Va. African American men, professional employees, working in their office, September 1936.. 1936. Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Virginia, Interiors, Newport News (Va.), Offices, African American professional employees

Test to determine weight per bushel of wheat. Walla Walla, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Walla Walla, Washington (State) , Walla Walla County

Hagop Arzouhaljian, James Tailoring Co. , Tailor shops, Irons Pressing, Cleaning establishments. Leon Abdalian Collection

Vintage photograph. Police radio call to patrol cars.

Purchase. Phone room. Flapjack station. In 1927.

Anefo photo collection. Competitively priced distilled in the window of a liquor store. September 21, 1979

Vintage Photograph. Vintage office scene showcasing detailed drafting work.

James J. Greeley and Gambon , Offices, Metropolitan Transit Authority Boston, Mass.. Leon Abdalian Collection

Business executives working in an office

Social Security Administration clerks seated at massive tabulating machines, actually early computers, used to manage the individual records of millions of Americans in the Social Security system. Ca. 1940.

Outworking Unit- the Contribution of Outworkers To the War Effort, England, UK, 1944 Women at work assembling various electrical components on behalf of McMichael Radio Ltd, at an outworking unit in Datchet, Buckinghamshire. Various posters on the walls help keep up morale.

Anefo photo collection. Applying awnings at Amsterdam department stores. March 29, 1961

1930s BACK VIEW OF SEATED WOMEN SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS AND STANDING SUPERVISOR

SRE Buildings. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Workers in China Store, Andrew Kan & Company, Portland, Oregon, USA, circa 1900

Airport in Warsaw. Foreign station - passport and cleaner briefing (traveler during luggage control); Photography from the series to the photojournalism "Please open!" (from the work of the Customs Office at the Foreign Station of the Airport in Warsaw), "Świat" 1959, No. 7; Prażuch, Wiesław (1925-1992); 1959 (1959-00-00-1959-00-00);

United States: c. 1895 A First National Bank teller standing at his window with other bank employees on either side.

Norfolk House. Switchboard To Germany: Through these switchboards pass the calls to Berlin, Lubbecke, Vienna, Hamburg, Frankfurt, and every hamlet in the British Zone which are being made all day four hundred extensions in Norfolk House and more than three thousand calls are handled by these switchboard operators every day. July 24, 1950. (Photo by Pictorial Press).

The staff in service

Airport in Warsaw. Foreign station - passport and clearing briefing (customs officer and traveler during luggage control); Photography from the series to the photojournalism "Please open!" (from the work of the Customs Office at the Foreign Station of the Airport in Warsaw), "Świat" 1959, No. 7; Prażuch, Wiesław (1925-1992); 1959 (1959-00-00-1959-00-00);

Edifon: Miljöbild.

Foresters at Work - New Hampshire. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Looking Down on his Customers -- Mr. A.J. Kramer - who stands nearly 8 feet in height and is reckoned to be the tallest man in the world, serving behind the counter of his recently opened cafe in Amsterdam. Mr. Kramer, who was born in ***** Holland, has travelled the world for nearly thirty years, but has finally decided to settle down to the peaceful life of ***** cafe proprietor. March 24, 1955. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).;Looking Down on his Customers -- Mr. A.J. Kramer

The fair Osterman. >>

Visitor Information Services - Alaska. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Anefo photo collection. Amsterdam stock exchange enormous course. September 15, 1986

Lyon International Trade Fair. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Post office inside plantation store, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, November 1939. African American man standing at counter of post office inside plantation store, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi, November 1939.. 1939. Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Mississippi, Stores & shops, Post offices, African American men, Plantation life

Field Shot by Person's Name. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

C clerk Berglund and behind him sits bookkeeper Lilievall.

Inauguration of the traffic company Grängesberg - Oxelösund Railways Remote blocking center in Skogstorp.

Toiling in the office (EV007383_H)

Anefo photo collection. Election sub-municipal councils in Rotterdam; vote. 16 May 1984. Rotterdam, South Holland

Men applying for work at the office of the Texas State Employment Service, Corpus Christi, Texas. In Corpus Christi there is now surplus supply of unskilled labor and a shortage of skilled labor 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Corpus Christi, Texas , Nueces County

Anefo photo collection. Savings bank for the city of Amsterdam. Every baby born around September 29, 1966 receives a hundred guilders. September 2, 1966. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

U.S. Ment Inspectors from the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture inspecting tinned lard at Provision Storehouse A. Date: January 8, 1919. Image by George H. Lyon.

M/S Trelleborg, Inaugural Tour. General Director Erik Upmark

Interior from a trading booth. Interiör från en handelsbod.

Thomson Shoe Shop , Shoe stores, Employees, Thompson, Erastus. Photographs of Hopkinton Places and People

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection Photo collection Government information service own, photo number 156-0360. 1956

Kristian Björkroth, Stins with the staff.

Interior of People's Drug Store, 7th and K Streets, Washington, D.C., with employees behind counter with display of smoking products including pipes, cigars, tobacco, and cigarettes ca. between 1909 and 1932.

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Anefo photo collection. Assignment dijkman / partners; VBBR stand catering advento. January 3, 1988

Manager of the Marionette Theater, New York

Imperial State Crown Being Remodalled For Coronation -- Mr. H. Phillips, a diamond better, examining the setting of the Record Star of Africa, out from the William Diamond. It will be fitted into the front of the circlet of the Imperial Crown of State.The Imperial Crown of State being remodalled for the Coronation at the premises of the Gold smiths and Silversmiths Company in Regent Street, London, W.The Imperial State Crown is worn by the Sovereign after the crowning ceremony, and on all great occasions of State. March 20, 1953.

Vintage Photograph. Men stand on city sidewalk talking in front of world affairs building of united states.

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection Photo collection Government information service own, photo number 156-0543. 1956

Unemployment benefits aid begins. Line of men inside a division office of the State Employment Service office at San Francisco, California, waiting to register for benefits on one of the first days the office was open. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , San Francisco, California , San Francisco County, Unemployed, Unemployment, Depressions, Assistance, Unemployment insurance

Drilling key pinholes

Scots Express- Railways at War, UK, 1944 Two American soldiers stand outside the US RTO (Railway Transport Office) at Crewe railway station. The soldier on the right is actually an employee of the RTO, which provides information and tickets for military personnel. To the left of the photograph, servicemen and women buy refreshments from the 'railbar'. At the top of the photograph, platform numbers can be seen and just above those the arrival indicator boards are just visible. The office which is being used as the RTO was previously a branch of 'The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited'.

Pulling proof -- Magazine for blind

Mature man and boy holding fishing rods in store

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. Office with Mr. Hermans. October 1, 1955. Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Willemstad

1940s MALE HANDS CASHIER GIVING CHANGE TO CUSTOMER CURRENCY BILLS WITH WINGS FLYING OUT OF THE CASH REGISTER TILL

The Telephone Service Carries On, London, January 1942 At the Emergency Telephone Bureau, an attendant gives change to a member of the public so that he can use one of the coin-operated public telephones at the Bureau, which has been set up to provide telephone access for those whose own telephone system has been damaged or destroyed in an air raid. Any enquiries are also directed to this attendant.

Businessman opening a garage door

Telephone headquarters of the 10.a.K. .

Frank Lawrence, CCC-ID Truck Driver. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Image of Lt. Geo. H. Lyon in the Commissary Branch of Supplies office at Pier 4, Hoboken, New Jersey, on February 19, 1919. Lyon is seen working as a cashier in the office, handling financial transactions and managing the accounts. This photograph was taken by an unidentified photographer on February 21, 1919.

Anefo photo collection. Assignment Air freight email, KLM information disclosure and workers when loading aircraft. March 30, 1973

Milva's Luva department at breakfast.Vious service subjects.

Black and white photo of a Jewish-owned shop with its windows smashed in Berlin after a demonstration.

Artwork: "MATS Operations Office" Artist: Henry Koehler. Country: Unknown

Ex-King's Pin-Up TiesThis collection of Ties, Many of them bearing Pin-Up paintings, was left behind in Kubbeh Palace when king Farouk of Egypt Abdicated.Newspapermen recently allowed free access to the Egyptian Palaces for the first time in history Drew Amazamet with their reports of the Extravagance and Luxury with which the king had surrounded himself.Chief item of interest was the secret treasury Built between the second and third floors of Kubbeh Palace.Its electrically-Controlled doors were cleverly Hidden and only a few of the Royal Entourage Knew of the Existence of the Treasury. September 11, 1952. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Groups: Forest Service Technical. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Turkish highway inspection group and Sevket Bey, one of the inspection group. Original caption: 48-521AA: Turkish highway inspection group at Nigde Railway station after foraging for food (South central Turkey on Route 45) Original caption: 48-521BB: Sevket Bey, one of the inspection group, delegate to the National assembly from Kirsehir at a coffee house in Nigde, Route 45. State: Turkey.

Woman working at machine. Woman working at machine

Vintage Photograph. Man and woman seen operating the RCA Ultrafax machine.

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Papua counting self-service winel "Sentani" Hollandia. 1958. Hollandia, Guinea

Man paying worker for a newspaper at indoor newspaper stand (news stand) circa 1940.

Women at work during the First World War Two women at work at a telephone switchboard, somewhere in Britain. The woman on the left is speaking on the telephone, whilst the woman on the right is controlling the cables and switches.

Sah Kah Tay, Shop Home Furnishings. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

Trip to Europe: Arrival in Vienna, Austria 10:50AM; White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff in Vienna. Three unidentified White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff members (two women sitting behind communications equipment and one man standing) prepare for a summit between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna, Austria.

Anefo photo collection. Alderman Schilthuis receives deputation American journalists, alderman Schilthuis with arrow and arch. June 3, 1965

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