Historic Office Environments

Various historical office scenes featuring clerks and workers engaged in tasks. The images showcase vintage furniture, post offices, and carpet weaving, evoking a sense of early 20th-century work life

Finland History - Customers trying out an escalator at the opening of a Centrum department store run by Koitto cooperative. ca. 1960s.

Two clerks at a shipping office, Amsterdam, Nicolaas Schuitvlot, 1900 - 1920 photograph Amsterdam paper office (~ administration) Amsterdam

Anefo photo collection. Carpet weaving for Princess Beatrix and Claus in the RN Rotterdam building. December 21, 1965. Rotterdam, South Holland

Three men working behind the windows at the Lawrence, Massachusetts Post Office , Post offices, Postal service employees, Lawrence Post Office Lawrence, Mass.. Lawrence

AB Stockholm Phone. The subscriber treasure. Malmskillsgatan 30, Stockholm.

Men Working in Office, Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing Co., Detroit, Michigan, USA, circa 1903

Workers in the Personnel Records Division Trouble and Typing Group ca. between 1910 and 1935.

Finland History - Customers trying out an escalator at the opening of a Centrum department store run by Koitto cooperative. ca. 1960s.

1950s STYLISH BLONDE WOMAN SHOPPING AT A PHARMACY ACCEPTING A PRESCRIPTION PACKAGE FROM THE PHARMACIST MAN BEHIND THE COUNTER - s5933 HAR001 HARS BUYING NOSTALGIA OLD FASHION 1 COMMUNICATION CAREER PHARMACY DRUGS LIFESTYLE PHARMACIST FEMALES JOBS RETAIL HEALTHINESS COPY SPACE FULL-LENGTH LADIES PERSONS PRESCRIPTION CARING MALES PROFESSION PACKAGE CONFIDENCE B&W HEALTHCARE SKILL OCCUPATION SKILLS WELLNESS PROTECTION CUSTOMER SERVICE CAREERS CHOICE DRUG STORE KNOWLEDGE AT THE AUTHORITY OCCUPATIONS ACCEPTING DRUGSTORE CONCEPTUAL STYLISH PURCHASING MID-ADULT MID-ADULT MAN MID-ADULT WOMAN SUITED

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

Scherdin. The line agency.

Thomas Gambon. Gambon, Greeley, Zink, Ward , Offices, Metropolitan Transit Authority Boston, Mass.. Leon Abdalian Collection

A uniform fit with the fore.

Gov. Glynn in office

Visit from a delegation led by the director of the Republic Aircraft Factory to Minister Staff, Ministry of War, Plein 4, The Hague.

Levico.Menage of female assistants 1.kl. .

Olive Edis; Iwm Photographer of the Women's Services in France 1919 Q.M.A.A.C. working in the Stores Office at the 61st Advanced Motor Transport Section at Abbeville. The Technical Administrator, Miss Nicholls, is seen in the photograph.

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

Vintage Photograph. Woman at desk adjusting clock

Citizens' Committee of Warsaw. Clothing stores and studio at the corner ul. Twarda and Liska; 1915 (1915-00-00-1915-00-00);

Vintage photograph. Applied mechanics personnel at work at armor research foundation of Illinois Institute of technology

Schneider Electric Store ca. early 1900s.

Poll photo collection. Report first Hollandsche Levensverzekerings Bank in Amsterdam. Workroom of the administration in the building on Keizersgracht 174-176 in Amsterdam. 1932. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Portrait of a man sitting on a writing table and a clerk with a cart in an office in Germany, Anonymous, c. 1890 - c. 1910 photograph Part of Carl Heinrich Fliegenschmidt, prison director in Oslebshausen. Germany cardboard. paper. photographic support office (~ administration). adult man. writing-table, writing-desk Germany

Editorial office. View in the editorial office of the Deli Courant in Medan. A young man and a young woman behind their desks, in the corner a Javanese clerk. Part of a group of 18 photos from 1921 within the group of 49 loose black and white photos of different format about the publisher and printing of the Deli Courant newspaper in Medan in the period 1885-1947.

Mid adult man and a young woman working in a studio, 1929

MR. DIETZ LOOKING AT A PLATE ON A MEASURING MACHINE IN CHARLES ST. JOHN'S OFFICE WHILE ST. JOHN STANDS NEXT TO HIM.

Strawberry auctioneer, Hammond, Louisiana 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Louisiana , Hammond, Louisiana , Tangipahoa Parish

Air Traffic Controllers in the control tower at Croydon Airport are in constant telephonic touch with aeroplanes in flight Date: 1927

Dispatching men to work at the union headquarters. San Diego, California. Substantially all defense construction and airplane work is unionized in San Diego. Thus, the union headquarters is a key employment spot 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , San Diego, California , San Diego County

CHARLES ST. JOHN LOOKING AT PLATE ON MEASURING MACHINE IN HIS OFFICE WITH MR. DIETZ BESIDE HIM.

London (United Kingdom), 10/11/1945. MPs queue at the new cafeteria installed in the House of Commons.

Man at desk. Nora Tube Factory.

High angle view of a group of businessmen working in the bookkeeping department, Guaranty Trust Co., New York City, USA, 1920

Coffee grinder.

Young office boy, working for J.J. O'Brien and Sons on East 23 Street, over 16 years old, New York City, photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, January, 1917

C&P Telephone Company ca. between 1909 and 1932.

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

Architect E. Pehrsson at his service room.

Anefo photo collection. Hie Holland England / Anefo London series. Dutch diamond workers London. Woman bag safe. 1941. Britain

Fire Control: Detection - Washington. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Two men at desk doing paperwork , Offices, Office workers. Leon Abdalian Collection

Anefo photo collection. Opening new factory from Hooglander Car tires in Amsterdam by Minister of Economic Affairs, J.R.M. van den Brink. Ladies during the opening. May 14, 1952. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

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

Subway ticket office

Woman standing outside a grocer's shop, with window display and numerous advertisements. Date: circa 1930s

Tobacco - saleswoman Dorothy Leonard

New York City Police Dept. activities: Information Bureau at HQ--4 men at work

Making payments on rehabilitation loans. Raleigh, North Carolina 1936. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Workers at the E.T. Wright Co. factory in Rockland, Massachusetts, manufacturing shoes for the army during World War One. This specific image shows a worker sewing on leather soles onto the army shoes. The photograph was taken on October 17, 1918, and is marked as being for official use only.

FSA (Farm Security Administration) supervisor giving a demonstration of pressure canning before a group of FSA officials and supervisors at a district meeting at San Angelo, Texas 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

Printing Money on Hand Plate Press Motor-Driven. Bureau of Engraving and Printing Facilities and Activities. Department of the Treasury

Image of an employee of the Keuringsbureau of the N.S. (Concordiastraat) in Utrecht at the fully automatic balance.

Poll photo collection. Visit to Milan. Stock market traders for a store. 1937. Italy, Milan

Parliamentarianism translated into female,

Vintage Photograph. Woman preparing a candle surrounded by cards on table near window.

Hanna Olsson, Elna Brundin's sister, came to Stockholm and was employed as a clerk at the general fire fire company. This should be from the office. Hanna on the left. Hanna Olsson, Elna Brundins syster, kom till Stockholm och fick tjänst som kontorist på Städernas allmänna brandstodsbolag. Det här torde vara från kontoret. Hanna till vänster.

City Council Director Törje Törjesson at the State Railways.

Administrative Sites - Supervisor's Offices. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Prohibition - Stocking up on alcohol before Prohibition takes effect.

Shopping in gift department

Vintage Photograph. Man working at news stand with pedestrians walking by on sidewalk, New York City

In the Office - at the Peace Cooper

Man sharpening knife, three others observing. Unknown

Mail opening and mail auditing departments , Office buildings, Employees, Mail-order businesses, Correspondence, Sears, Roebuck and Company

Man Buying Newspaper at Newsstand, Washington DC, USA, circa 1940

From Arm Chairs To Bombers- War work at Perrings Furniture Showroom, Kingston, Surrey, 1943 Armature coils are 'turn-tested' by part-time women war workers in a 'factory' in the partly-converted Perrings furniture showroom in Kingston. The firm is now producing electrical equipment for Royal Air Force bombers.

Business Svensson .. Business Svensson.

View of the shop of store no. 13 of the "Lubro Brood- en Banketbakkerijen" (Amsterdamsestraatweg 390) in Utrecht, with probably shop keeper mrs in the doorway. Reitsma.

Washington, D.C.: June 24, 1932. .A young woman placing bag of coffee in one of the food boxes placed in stores to donate contributions for the Bonus Army veterans encamped in Washington, D.C.

Selfridges & Co, Oxford Street, London - Postcard Section. Founded by American-born retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858 - 1947), the Flagship store in Oxford Street was opened in 1909. Selfridge was an innovator in the fields of marketing and advertising, creating a complete shopping environment of enjoyment as opposed to mere functionality. The perfume section was placed front centre (still in evidence in every department store today), merchandise was placed on open display and the

Butchers read newspaper at the counter full of meat during meat boycott

Unemployed in St. Mark's N.Y.

Group of people standing at a ticket counter, Grand Central Terminal, New York City, New York, USA

Worker. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

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An engraving depicting a cabinet maker using glue, which is kept hot, from a glue can. Dated 19th century

Unemployed & Unemployment - London. February 11, 1939. (Photo by Keystone Press Agency Ltd.).

'London-New York Telephone Service', c1930. Creator: Unknown.

1940S Back View Of Grocer Pointing Out Prices Of Canned Goods To Woman Holding Ration Book

Anefo photo collection. The "Workplace" by Kees Boeke. January 17, 1946

In newly established Bonus Bureau's Computing Division, over forty employees use 'state of the art' calculating machines. In 1924 Congress voted to provide World War 1 veterans Adjusted Compensation certificates, or bonuses, which were not scheduled for full payment until 1945. In 1932 veterans staged a 'Bonus March' demanding early payment of bonuses.

Three Treasury Department employees, Mr. Graham, John Brown, and another man, posed in an office with a fireplace | Library of Congress

Group of people going through a pile of mail (EV004949_H)

French Worker - Day in the Life of a French Worker. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Officials Discussing Proposed Road Program in the Virgin Islands. Original caption: In the center with back to camera is Mr. Donald D. Boreham, Superintendent of Public Works, Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John, discussing proposed road program in the Virgin Islands with visiting officials of Public Roads Administration: Deputy Commissioner H. E. Hilts on left and District Engineer J. C. Carpenter on right. Standing just beyond Mr. Carpenter is Mr. J. Barnett, Chief of the Urban Roads Division. Photograph by Simonson through main entrance portico of Bluebeard's Castle Hotel. State: Virgin Islands. Place: Charlotte Amalie.

Anefo photo collection. Death of a business traveler. February 16, 1961

Administrative Sites - Supervisor's Offices. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Forest Hill Cemetery employees. Charles H. Fox , Greenhouses, Plants, Office workers, Forest Hills Cemetery Boston, Mass.. Leon Abdalian Collection

Workers. Original Title: Miscellaneous. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Anefo photo collection. Predator in Kalverstraat, Boldoetwinkel, the cashier Miss E. de Graaf after theft. December 3, 1964. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Male worker operating a printing press, Isaiah Thomas Printing Office, Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts, USA

Coffee, original caption: 'Inflation. In Germany after the last war, it was possible to pay 50 million dollars for a nickel cup of coffee, and 35 million dollars for a $35 suit of clothes. This Berlin woman, realizing that fuel costs money, is starting the morning fire with marks 'not worth the paper they are printed on', Germany, circa 1920s.

Two saddle makers in a workshop; Sattler auf Dem Lande. .

Producers Bank & Trust Company, Bradford, Pa. , Commercial facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Worker Operating Tabulating Machine, Census Bureau, Department of Commerce, Washington DC, USA, Harris & Ewing, 1919

Run on German American Bank

Clients making payments on rehabilitation loans. Raleigh, North Carolina 1936. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

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