Historical Office Scenes

Black and white photographs capturing historical office environments, featuring early 20th-century personnel and their workplace settings.

Historic photo, office scene, 1923

People at work in Wartime- Everyday Life in Wartime Britain, 1940 Men and women at work as clerks and typists in a general office somewhere in Britain, 1940.

The girls' cafeteria , Mail-order businesses, Employees, Employee eating facilities, Dining tables, Cafeterias, Sears, Roebuck and Company

Photo collection First World War. Gentlemen for an office in construction the Netherlands. {1914-1918}

701 Centre St., Charles B. Rogers + Co. John G. Lewis , Drugstores, Pharmacists. Leon Abdalian Collection

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Dutch Guinea: Visit Minister Toxopeus. Shooting rice table lunch governor shoe, departments representatives private business participate. October 1960. Hollandia, Guinea

Oliver Armstrong Fry, editor of Vanity Fair, pictured in his office surrounded by the famous caricatures by "Spy". Born in Tasmania, he was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge. Date: 23 April 1902

Berliner Telefonzentrale, Büro IX, Telefonzentrale mit manueller Bedienung, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus de...

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Women workers doping splinterless glass for gas masks, Crowndale works, Camden Town, London, N. W.

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

They Also Fight Who Only Stand and Wait- Part-time War work in Croydon, Surrey, England, 1943 Part-time women war workers sit around a large table and assemble compression legs what was once the dining room in this house, now being used as a makeshift workshop or factory.

Information office and radio broadcaster Dutch New Guinea. In the office of the Government Secretary in Hollandia, the organizational committee was installed during a short ceremony. The committee consists of the men (left from v) W.G. Van der Wolk, J.G. Rose tree, I. Visschers, Chr. Lijssen and J.G. Baot stuff. Mr J. van Bodegem was absent. May 1958. New Guinea

Provision counter showing cleanliness of both staff and goods on offer.

Cigars and liquor for sale, watch repairs done, brokers, an undertaker and a lawyer offer services

German Am'n i.e., American Bank

Vintage photograph. Assorting foreign mail at US Post Office, New York City

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

The advertising department. Ignition of gene gas. >>

Typewriter, two secretaries at work, 1930s, Germany, Europe

Prime Minister Visits Aircraft Factory -- Mr. Churchill talking to girl workers. Mr. Churchill during a recent tour paid a visit to an aircraft factory and saw machines being made. May 27, 1941. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Group of women sewing potato sacks, 1954

Personnel at Trelleborg F.

Order division, 1931 photograph The office of the Orders department, with the employees behind their agencies. Photo in the photo album offered to A. van der Eyk on behalf of the Chefs and the staff of the Handelsvereniging Amsterdam (HvA) in Surabaya on his departure of Java in April 1931. Surabaya photographic support gelatin silver print Surabaya. Java

Plantation Accaribo. Customer people and Surinamese woman in Koto in a room on Plantation Accaribo.

Madrid. 08/23/1922. In the Palace of Post Office and Telecommunications. Workers distributing mail.

Image of an employee of the Municipal Works Department in the doorway of a shed on the site of the maintenance post on the Weerdsingel O.Z. in Utrecht.

Women's Economy League

New York, New York. Italian-American shoe repair man - digital file from intermediary roll film | Library of Congress

Applying for subway work

Men holding Draft Cards coming out of Building after registering for the Draft during World War I, New York City, New York, USA, Bain News Service, June 5, 1917

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 5x5 canteen. undated

Bootmaker putting last and sole into upper part of boot. Boot shop, Alpine, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Alpine, Texas , Brewster County

Sterling Devaluation Closes Banks - Stock Exchange members, jobbers and financiers pack the street outside the London Stock Exchange today September 19. British Banks and Stock Exchanges were closed by Royal Proclamation today Sept. 19 following the treasury announcement of the devaluation of the pound, Sept 18. Crowds of stockbrokers and jobbers crowded the City Streets in London, waiting for further developments in the financial situation. September 19, 1949. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Mrs. Dunne buy his husbands Tie. July 29, 1953.

Group portrait of a company around a table. .

Royal Board's plenary.

Trip to New York and Connecticut: White House Communications Agency (WHCA) preparations for President John F. Kennedys visits to New York City and New Haven, Connecticut. Four unidentified men stand on the roof of an unidentified building in New York City, New York, as White House Communications Agency (WHCA) staff set up equipment for President John F. Kennedy's visit.

Man selling newspapers black-and-white prints

Man serving beverage to woman at counter (EV004277_H)

Group of union members picketing

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration of farmers in Brussels against the EEC agricultural policy. Farmers with banners during the promotion. March 23, 1971. Belgium, Brussels

Bonus Army entrepreneur. African American veteran from Detroit, Charles Wood, opened a store in Bonus City. His funny signs enlivened his tattered salvaged inventory. Fellow veteran Anthony Parmigini bought a pair of shoes. June 16, 1932.

Making Matrix for magazine for blind

Selfridges & Co, Oxford Street, London - Confectionery 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

Anefo photo collection. Congress Insurance doors The Hague. September 7, 1954. The Hague, South Holland

Portrait of mature man sitting at desk with secretary in background

Clerk measuring a customer for a suit of clothes. 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

The glue conference

Monty Fights Another Campaign -- ***** Spearhead" - one of the bigger ***** staff conferences held ***** Camberley Staff *****. May 6, 1947.

New York (United States), 06/01/1951. The famous Macy's department store, before allowing customers to buy, on sales day, what they offered up to 40% off.

Vintage photograph. Posting prices in the auction room of the New England fish exchange on the Boston, Massachusetts, fish pier

Financial crisis in America: crowds form outside as the Brooklyn branch of the Bank of the United States closes its doors

File. Dr. Gustaf Dalén in the office on the Aga talking on the phone.

Alexander Graham Bell at the opening of the first New York - Chicago telephone line, October 18, 1892

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

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Interior home Gosewisch. Initially, Gosewian governors civil servant. March 1950 resigned settled settler, main objective. yield fruit main source income. now, merits mainly obtained growing vegetables plant material (marcotten), result sale chickens, eggs pig. plant 20 ha., susceptible expenses. volk, Gosewisch employs Papuans. December 1953. Guinea

Trade in Second-hand Goods Due to the Scarcity Caused by World War I: Second-hand shoe dealer at his cart with customers around. Netherlands, Amsterdam, 1917

1902 Illustration Women Switchboard Operators

Anefo photo collection. Opening of Vlaardingen shopping center "Liesveld" Officiee opened by Mayor Heusdens. Mrs Heusdens revealed plastic from Henk beautiful. November 7, 1963. Vlaardingen, South Holland

Money changer and rice shop. Money changer and rice shop

Customer and clerk in book shop (EV004538_H)

Bookmaker - Turf Accountant - James Dowsett of 38 Duke Street, Brighton. circa 1950s

Milvas perform administrative work.

Flag room -- delivering work

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection Photo collection Risk information service own, photo number 156-0282. 1956

Italians around suspended bank

Press Office at Stockholm Central Station.

Anefo photo collection. Congress Insurance doors The Hague. September 7, 1954. The Hague, South Holland

New Telephone Exchange Opened in Paris. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Staff at the track department, Margreteholm.

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

Austrian wholesaler and banker, historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century.

1940S Man Looking At Window Display Of Radios On Sale In New York City

Striking longshoremen during the waterfront strike in San Francisco, California. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , San Francisco, California , San Francisco County, Longshoremen's strikes, Strikes and lockouts

Woman looks at prints behind a desk; Title page for: Henri Béraldi, Les engravers du XIXE Siècle, 1899. A woman looks at prints behind a desk, a print in her one hand, a magnifying glass in the other. Spread over the desk and on the ground are loose prints, albums and portfolios. Three prints are shown above the woman. Three women can be seen with the tools of a print maker: a burin, a holder with lithographic chalk and an etching strap.

, Ottakringer Straße - Postcard of the business Specerei Speceuwerkt and delicacies August Schiebl, Unknown

An employer hires a worker in late 19th century France. French illustration 1890

Elsevier photo collection. Cabinet TV policy. government engaged television policy. Bot Ministers (left) Luns meeting. 1965. Hague, South Holland

Vintage Photograph. Man painting siding on house.

Illustration depicting Irish emigrants paying their passage money at the emigration agent's office at Cork. Dated 19th century

Staff reviews a drawing.

Unemployed men queuing outside a soup kitchen in New York, c1930, during the Great Depression.

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

1930S Bearded Grocer Behind Counter In General Store Looking At Rubber Boots

Shop window of Thomas J. Williams, electrical contractor ca. 1910.

Engraving depicting a London matchbox maker. The woman would have to supply her own flour to make paste and hemp to tie up the packets of boxes.

Astrophysics Institute, Bill Curtis, Fulbright Student. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

11-SC-42014 #2014 Armour & Co., Sep. 16, 1918. US government inspects Sunber au meat at Armour & Co. packing houses in Chicago. After the hog passes initial inspection during the killing process, final examination of the cured ham is conducted before smoking. For official use only. Quality ensured for health and safety.

Anefo photo collection. Opening key company for the poultry cultivation in Putten by Secretary General Dr. J. H. Patijn. 12 May 1958. Putten

Portrait of a painter in working clothes

Portrait of Krijger, employee at the Maintenance Department of the Municipal Works Department, in a room in the office of the Gemeentwerken department (behind Clarenburg 12-14) in Utrecht.n.b.: The name Municipal Works was changed to public works on January 1, 1956.

Anefo photo collection. Reception International acquisition agency Bolijn. October 15, 1952

, Luftbadgasse - delicatessen business, postcard, Unknown

London curb stock market was active on June 5, 1933, after the US abandoned the gold standard. Congress enacted a joint resolution ending the right of creditors to receive payment in gold instead of paper currency (BSLOC_2020_2_115)

Photo collection Government information service. Slide shopping streets. undated

Business card from print trader Theo Mahler in Paris. A woman looks at the content of a picture stand.

Woman cleans the windows of a store, Maurice Bucquet, c. 1890 - in or before 1895 photomechanical print Rotterdam paper adult woman. window-cleaning. shop-window, show-window Rotterdam

Interior of a fabric store. In a fabric store there is a stack of packages on a counter. Links a customer asks a store clerk to see something. A woman comes in.

Retouching portraits , Painters Tradespeople

Zettwoch Fortner Corp., real estate insurance. Zettwoch Fortner Corp., real estate insurance

Employees. 1908 - 1919. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Nett Lake Agency. 1908-1919. Photographs

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