Historical Business Interactions

Black-and-white images showcasing various business scenes from the past, illustrating customer service and business transactions.

Woodland Hills, California: c. 1940 A small general store and its proprietors.

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

Farmer making application for loan at United States Resettlement Administration office. Alliance, Nebraska 1936. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Parish Priest- the work of the Vicar of St Mark's Church, Victoria Docks, Silvertown, London, England, UK, 1944 Reverend Joseph Stephens runs through the music for Sunday service with newsagent and church organist Mrs Fry in her shop in Silvertown. A small boy stands next to Rev Stephens as he waits to buy stamps from Mr Fry, who is working behind the counter with his wife.

Selfridges Luminous Arm Band

Company accounts department black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

Woodland Hills, California: c. 1940 A small general store and its proprietors.

Image of (presumably) the staff of the food office of the municipality of Utrecht (Oudegracht Weerdzijde 1) in Utrecht.n.b. The address Oudegracht Weerdzijde 1 was changed in 1917 to Oudegracht 164.

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Colonist Burchartz office. December 1953. Guinea

Self-help cooperative. Members of the community. Burbank, California. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Burbank, California , Los Angeles County

Anefo photo collection. His Royal Highness Prince Bernhard appointed patron world broadcaster. October 12, 1955

Metropolitan Water Works Miscellaneous, Marshall M. Tidd (1827-1895), civil engineer, in his office at 10 Tremont Street, Boston, Boston, Mass., Aug. 1895 , waterworks, civil engineers, offices work spaces, Tidd, M. M., 1827-1895

Counting dimes in US Treasury ca. 1910-1920

Interior, th promotion chef. >>

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (JBK) inspects the LaFayette Square reconstruction plans. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy views a scale model of the historic preservation and redevelopment plans for Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C. Left to right: artist William Walton; architect of the Lafayette Square redevelopment, John Carl Warnecke; Mrs. Kennedy; Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), Bernard L. Boutin. GSA Building, Washington, D.C.

Man looking up telephone number. 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

Two women in a department store (EV006604_H)

Vintage photograph. Dress manufacturing at Hattie Carnegie's in New York City

Montage of telephone operators

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

View of women in office

Office at Bolinders mechanical workshop.

Assay Office: Counting Money

Elsevier photo collection. Dar prince born, reporters press center call newspapers news. April 27, 1967

After the office personnel association's annual meeting.

International Union of Railways (UIC) kongress - 1960

Poll photo collection. Dublin. The press is present to check the Irish Hospitals Sweepstake. 1946. Dublin, Ireland

Work at the company office of the Rijkswerf (RW) in January 1982.

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

Men in office

Hotel Talleyrand - New Stand. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Vintage Photograph. A Woman seated dialing telephone with phone book in lap.

Officials at the store and workshop office in Bollnäs.

Female telephone operators at a switchboard in Washington, D.C., ca. 1915.

Addis Ababa - Commissary/Store - 1978, United States photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

Reception bath, distribution.

Description: Jamaica. 'The composition department of the Gleaner group of papers, in Kingston'. Photograph No D 78868 Official Jamaican photograph compiled by the Central Office of Information. Publicity statement on reverse. Crown copyright reserved. Location: Jamaica Date: 1955 Mar jamaica, caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

Anefo photo collection. Sell infant stamps by Mrs. Dailly Main mail office. Mrs. Dailly behind counter. November 12, 1956

H.L. Stimson at desk writing

Negro factorum ringing bell for dinner. Hotel, 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

Henry A. Rucker, internal revenue collector, Atlanta, Georgia, seated at large desk in office c 1900.

Matthew Henson, was one of the five men who accompanied Robert Peary to what they believed was the geographic North Pole in 1909. Henson is seen working at his 'day job', as clerk in the US Customs Service in 1913 (BSLOC_2020_2_73)

One of SJ's travel agencies.

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

Anefo photo collection. Opening workplace for the disabled in Goes. 13 June 1960. Goes

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

'On Course' At School For Air Stewardesses -- Instructor J.S. Matthews demonstrating the correct way to set a tray aboard a model airliner at Heston. Watching him are - left to right - Mary Woodcock of Leeds; Lorna Farmer of Bournemouth; Terry Owen of Bristol and Monica Harper of London. With British Overseas Airways Corporation having decided to increase the number of air stewardesses on all routes, and particularly on the North American service, in readiness for the operation of new and bigger

Anefo photo collection. Furniture makers professional competition. Boy makes a writing table. October 10, 1961

Los Angeles, California: c. 1912 Bank employees gather for a portrait. The president of the bank and his office is at the left.

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. Edelsmeden. Goldfabriek. Putting stones pearls 17-year-old girl. girl fixed weekly wage. undated. Schoonhoven, South Holland

Customer counter State Railways SJ Travel Agency.

Jewelry crafters at work

Personnel in office.

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

Anefo photo collection. Election of the Provincial Council Ouden of Days Roeterstraat. April 21, 1954

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Dafonsoro district elections Sentani. voting committee handful votes cast. August 1961. Guinea, Sentani

Group of business executives working in an office, 1954

Vintage photograph. Man looking at rakes in store, model released

High angle view of a group of men working in a post office, New York City, USA

Anefo photo collection. Letter cats at work. November 24, 1950

Customers

Blind pencil seller

Senior man sitting in office

Anefo photo collection. Order De Gruyter. Store Amstelveen. December 3, 1969. Amstelveen, Noord-Holland

Labor Officials. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Thomas F. Spelman , Offices, Telephones, Metropolitan Transit Authority Boston, Mass.. Leon Abdalian Collection

Vintage Photograph. Grocery store interior shopping for canned goods.

Sending packages (EV003117_H)

Photograph of Hydrographic Office Exhibit.

Group portrait of the Informatrices of the Intelligence Office in the N.S. station Rotterdam D.P. in Rotterdam.

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

Vintage photograph. 1/3 of the employees at Harvester press are women, where most of harvesters literature is printed and

Female workers working on an automatic packaging machine, Rochester, New York State, USA

Office work.

Men Standing behind Desks and a Bookshelf in front of a Garage. 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

Grocery store signs about shopping bags, Marion S. Trikosko, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, February 1974

Description: A farmer's wife shops at the co-operative store in Kumasi, Ashanti. She has paid a membership fee and also holds a £2 share in the co-operative society. africa

Madrid, May 1978. A woman in front of a shop window contemplating an advertisement for the Stable Price campaign launched by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs.

Forest Fire Dispatcher's Office - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Anefo photo collection. Swiss Traffic Agency, presumably in Amsterdam. Employees inform the visitors. September 13, 1966. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Group picture of the staff.

Treasury Building - Money lift, all money is carried in and out on this lift. Photographs of Treasury Department Personnel, Facilities and Activities. Department of the Treasury

Savile Row- Tailoring at Henry Poole and Co., London, England, UK, 1944 A tailor uses his 'goose' (a heavy iron) to press the seams of a jacket in the workroom of Henry Poole and Co. on Savile Row in London.

Poll photo collection. Israel 1964-1965: Jerusalem (Jerusalem), Thorar rollers. Man makes Thorar rolls behind a full work table. January 1, 1964. Israel, Jerusalem

Man standing at counter of Coulson & Wendt's News and Novelty Stand, Albany N.Y.. Julius M. Wendt (American, active 1900s - 1910s)

Nässjö Central with staff.

The Italian singer Sergio Bruni at the La Voce del Padrone store in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan.

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection of photo collection Government information service own, photo number 156-0584. 1956

Farmer examining pea seed in front of drugstore. 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

FSA (Farm Security Administration) supervisor removing the top pressure cooker during a demonstration of pressure canning before a group of FSA officials at a district meeting. 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

Anefo photo collection. Command of advertising agency Palm. November 12, 1964

San Francisco, California. With the the owner scheduled to be evacuated, a store front is boarded on Post Street, San Francisco, California 4/7/1942.

Paul, barber shop, 383 Centre St. , Barbershops, Barbers. Leon Abdalian Collection

Man in suit and hat holding briefcase ringing doorbell at exterior door in between two evergreen plants

Selfridges & Co, Oxford Street, London - Linen 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 sto

Bartender Serving Drinks at Tavern, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Russell Lee, U.S. Office of War Information/U.S. Farm Security Administration, April 1941

The boss sacks his employee for being pregnant Date: 1907

1930S Woman Telephone Operator Sitting At Large Manual Switchboard Directing Calls

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