Historic Office Environments

Vintage photographs depicting early 20th-century office spaces and workers engaged in tasks, illustrating the evolution of the workplace.

Medium group of people in office

Buying camlets in a shop, Yokohama, Japan, 1865. 'In the sketch we have engraved...as an illustration of the social life and manners of the people of Japan, our Artist and Correspondent at Yokohama has delineated a scene of every-day occurrence in the shops of that busy city. The draper and his assistants, who are not less eager than their fellow-tradesmen in London or Paris to effect a sale, have unrolled a piece of camlet, and are showing it, with voluble commendations, to a purchaser, who is feeling the cloth with both hands to prove its texture, and inspecting its appearance with a dubio

M-T-A Credit Union. 201 Park Square Building, 31 St. James Ave., Boston 16, Mass. , Banking, Offices, Employees. Leon Abdalian Collection

Tailor

Early Telephone Operators, Artist Unknown

Anonymous watercolor depicting a tailor at work in his craft.

As part of Harrods' centenary celebrations, Mayor Sir George Aylwen watches provisions being weighed out with a pair of scales, in this replica of the shop as it was in 1849 Date: 1949

Assistant Director, Frank E. Ferguson. Bureau of Engraving and Printing Facilities and Activities. Department of the Treasury

Steelworkers talking to the proprietor of a coffee shop whose name dedicates it to "liberty," Aliquippa, Pennsylvania 1938. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Strikers awaiting pay

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

Office of U.S. Treasurer. Bond vault room - office force. Photographs of Treasury Department Personnel, Facilities and Activities. Department of the Treasury

Jeweler, Occupations

Customer's department, Waltham Watch Company, Waltham, Mass. , Factories, Clock & watch industry, Interiors, Waltham Watch Company. Waltham Room Collection

Historical illustration of a situation in Sparkasse Berlin, Germany, people and bank employees/Historical illustration of a situation in the saving bank of Berlin, people and bank employees, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original original from the 19th century, exact original date not known, subsequently colored

New York telephone subscriber making call through operator at telephone exchange, 1883. Artist: Unknown

Shoemakers. A man treated leather, standing behind a table and a seated man makes a shoe in a shoemaker.

Sulzer impeachment committee

Morningstar

The Netherlands, Amsterdam, barber shop with staff. .

Image of Dr. A.H. Kan, rector of the Stedelijk Gymnasium (Janskerkhof 4) in Utrecht, who hands over the key to the old school building to Mayor Dr. J.P. Fockema Andreae at the relocation of the school to the new location on Homeruslaan.

A man sharpens scissors on a grinding wheel. Coloured engraving.

Man and his profession, The postmaster, Fuhrmann, Kutscher, Fiaker, railways, steamships, armchair carriers, postmen, bothe, telegraphy, postal and reitknecht, Wagner, Carl Kari Schustler, Drawer, Matthias Rudolph Toma -, printer, publisher

Contractors (resident). .

The CEO and the department heads.

03/31/1922. Madrid. The Press Association Cooperative. The president of the Association, Mr. Francos Rodríguez (X), with the board of directors, at the inauguration of the branch installed on Serrano street.

Image of an unknown company during a dinner at an unknown location, possibly, in the city of Utrecht.

Two sitting men in front of a building. .

Copper Miners Strike - Calumet, Michigan, USA. Industrial action by Copper Miners of the Western Federation of Miners. Workers were concerned of being displaced to a lower-paying job or of losing otheir job altogether with the advent of the one-man drills. Strikers here stand outside Dunn's Bar, a favourite among miners. Just next door to Dunn's was the No. 203 local WFM office. The sign on the left reads: "Something just as good Miners ask for bread, Jim MacNaughton, C&H General Ma

New popular calendar / one session in the room (IT)

A bank's customer struggles to control his reactions at seeing piles of money being handled by the staff behind the counter. Date: 1937

office writing hall secretaries with typewriter at the ""Stuttgarter Verein"" insurance 1910,

Picture series Riddle, young carpenter sawing at the beam on which he himself is sitting, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Diamond cutter The Diamond cutter (title on object) The Menselyk Bedryf (series title), Workplace where diamonds are cut. With moralizing caption claiming that the inner beauty of man is more important than showing externally with diamento and rubies, handicrafts, craftsman at work, diamond polisher, diamond cutter, Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, 1694, paper, etching, h 141 mm × w 81 mm

The shoemaker in a tiny shop on the street repairs a customer's shoes, 1680, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

Railway staff in office.

Illustration titled 'Interviewing an Inferior' depicts a dishevelled man being interviewed by his superior with is sat by his desk. Dated 19th Century

Bundle Day H'dq'rs i.e., Headquarters -- Mending clothing

Chinese Grocery Store

Operator at the telephone exchange talking to a subscriber. Dated 1891.

Harness Maker, European Trades - 1820

Internal Revenue Bureau- counting Internal Revenue Stamps. Photographs of Treasury Department Personnel, Facilities and Activities. Department of the Treasury

Farmers harvesting reeds on the frozen Havel, near Wittenberge in Germany, in 1895, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Four workers on stairs. Fyra arbetare på trappa.

Who's the Best Bootlegger in Town Postcard. Who's the Best Bootlegger in Town Postcard

Business Notes Illustrated - Receiving an Unexpected Rise A Gentleman is accidently lifted aloft by a warehouse crane outside a warehouse. circa 1909

Law firm u.Baracke D.Whandstellungsstelle Hidschaft.

Men in line for lunch, Cooperative Lunch Room - 2,645 Employees in Association. Bureau of Engraving and Printing Facilities and Activities. Department of the Treasury

Illustration depicting a solicitor taking down a client's statement. Dated 19th Century

Woman, saleswoman in a shop according to her line of business, dress on Sunday afternoon, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century ...

Image of a conductor (chief conductor) of the N.S. During the preparation of a process verbal.

Teleprinter in the Bank of England.

Mr J T Arnold, bootmaker, stands outside his shop with his assistant : he sells laces and polish, repairs boots and shoes and makes boots to order. Location unknown. Date: late 19th century

Switchboard Operator.

Carpenters at work. .

Mooney meeting

Collecting funds for votes for women at the expense of working women.

Elsevier photo collection. egg auction Barneveld, protest meeting held Thursday afternoon particularly low egg prices. meeting, invested Protestant Christian organization poultry farmers intended major demonstration, fiasco. place, turnout particularly bad secondly, chairman farm party, farmer cuckoo, Secretary PCOP.BOER cuckoo conversation poultry holder egg prices. July 16, 1964. Barneveld, Gelderland

Your Florist - Victor H. Brown, Northern Kentucky's Largest Florist. Your Florist - Victor H. Brown, Northern Kentucky's Largest Florist

Snider Auto Service Inc., 'Your Service-minder Studebaker Dealer', 3757 North Illinois St., Indianapolis, Ind. , Automobile service stations, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Anefo photo collection. Competition in heels and wood saws in Nunspeet. Mayor H. Martens gives the opening fold. July 29, 1957. Nunspeet

Ida Conquest at working table

Baker; Professions. .

Grocery Store - A G Westway - Devon, selling everything and anything by the look of the window display! The proud shopkeeper stands before the shop in a spotless white apron, ready for the customers to arrive... Date: circa 1910s

Vintage Photograph. Two businessmen talking outside of train station.

Visit our new showroom, 51st & Walnut, Real Estate Remodeling Co. , Commercial facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

The Jaarbeurs opened its doors/ Despite the fierce winter cold/ for postponement they turned out to feel nothing/ and the trade also remained loyalty

A company in solo. Group photo of a company in solo.

N. Y. Stock Exchange. Try Kerr's six cord spool cotton.. N. Y. Stock Exchange. Try Kerr's six cord spool cotton.

Apothecary in his shop using a mortar and pestle to prepare a medicine. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Tabart, London, 1810.

A carpenter with saw in his workshop. On the workbench and on the wall pliers, hammer, compass and other tools. In oval, Carpenter, print maker: David van der Kellen (1804-1879), 1814 - 1879, paper, etching, h 117 mm × w 93 mm

Telephone central office. Switching room and telephonists. Milan, Italy. Colored engraving.

Woman weighing gold, gold scales, bank, money changer, 1650, Holland, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Increase your business 50 to 100, a shuffleboard will bring in new faces, makes your place more sociable, and will increase sales. Congress Shuffleboard Company, 520 N. Tryon St., Charlotte, N. C. , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Advertisement from 1924 for Aertex underwear showing a businessman or office worker taking a telephone call at his desk. Date: July 12th 1924

Tell your friend where you got this - Boss pat. Cases, fine jewelry, repairing a specialty, Solid silverware , Men, Clocks & watches, Jewelry, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Three of the greatest requisites of an enterprising housekeeper - Copco, Cottolene, Gold Dust washing powder , Household soap, Oils & fats

Employment Poster Recruiting Female Workers during World War II, USA, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War Information, 1943

Business opportunity review, The Seven Eleven Club , Business enterprises, Eating & drinking facilities. Franklin Associates

Eads Man's Shop, Pleasant Grove Shopping Center , Commercial facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Second World War poster asking women to help with agriculture

WSI. WSI

'It's just a game to-day, to-morrow he'll be in earnest'. His dad say he's a bright boy with a bright future. But what are his chance of real success Will he have the opportunity of taking up a career which offers good prospects or will he find himself in a dead-end- job a job uncongenial, unsuitable and uncertain your lad's design for living needs your help. You can lay the foundation stones of his future sucess now - by saving. Save regularly each week. Save till it hurts - and each w

One contract, we do the entire job, home improvements, save 40, Real Estate Remodeling Co. , Commercial facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

A craftsman stands at his workbench plying his useful trade, and no doubt doing it very well, but what it is we do not know. Date: 17th century

Glendale Shop, Greenville's predominating women's shop, 17 North Main Street, Greenville, S. C. , Commercial facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Stenographers! Washington Needs You!, Women of Strength

Buy direct from Levine's Factory Salesroom and save. 27 Harrison St., just off Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport, Conn. , Commercial facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

The oldest and largest real estate and insurance organization in Queens, Corwin Gutleber Agency. South Ozone Park branch , Commercial facilities, Real estate business, Insurance companies, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

We Smite the Lazy Workers.

Accountant R. E. Lychou.

We install gas heat, all work guaranteed, Real Estate Remodeling Co. , Commercial facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Save Wheat, Women of Strength

Wiseman - outside the Gates of the Arctic proposal. Alaska Task Force Photographs

Sold! Marlow & Co. 'Southwest's largest brokers' , Real estate business, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Uncle Sam supplying the world with Berry Brothers' architectural finishes.. Uncle Sam supplying the world with Berry Brothers' architectural finishes.

Little Rock's leading florist , Commercial facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

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