Historical Office Scenes

Vintage photographs capturing office environments from the past, showcasing early technology and work practices in black and white imagery.

Overhead view of American Express computer operation, New York, NY, 11/3/1969. (Photo by Warren K Leffler/US News & World Report Collection/GG Vintage Images/UIG)

Anefo photo collection. TV headquarters for marriage in Krasnapolsky hotel, overview of control position. March 1, 1966

Italy. Rome. Alitalia Booking Center. 1969

Anefo photo collection. Third day of the visit of King Baudouin Arrival of the royal guests at Eindhoven airport, King Baudouin maintains itself with a $. July 10, 1959

State Railways, SJ Travel Agency, Borås. The picture is probably taken in advertising.

Overhead view of American Express computer operation, New York, NY, 11/3/1969. (Photo by Warren K Leffler/US News & World Report Collection/GG Vintage Images/UIG)

Man in in office in enskede.

Anefo photo collection. Minister Gardeniers from CRM opens Firato in the RAI. The minister sitting behind disc jockeytafel. August 28, 1980. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Italy. Rome. control center of the Alitalia telecommunications network. 1969

Trip to Europe: Arrival in Vienna, Austria 10:50AM; White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff in Vienna. An unidentified man works on White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) equipment in preparation for a summit between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna, Austria.

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Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Dutch Guinea: Landdrukkerij. land printing company Hollandia. August 1956. Hollandia, Guinea

Models Released: Thomas Mullin. Vintage Photograph. A man reviewing a file at a filing cabinet.

Cleveland, Ohio: January 22, 1958 Women office workers entering data using tabulating machines and punch cards at the Erie Railroad Company offices.

Poll photo collection. Reporting Uitgeverij Wolters, Groningen. Employee in the setter. August 1965. Groningen (city)

Vintage Business Communication: Man Using Classic Cash Register and Rotary Phone

1920S 1930S Man Wearing Apron Ringing Up Sale On Cash Register

Vintage Photograph. Man seen using voting machine

Vintage photograph. Design studio showing artist painting wallpaper designs

Woman operating Remington Rand Tabulating and Accounting System

Boston Housing Authority. 42 Horan Way office , Offices, Office workers, Boston Housing Authority. Leon Abdalian Collection

Anefo photo collection. Large range of gold at traders in precious metals I.V.M high gold price; Rates on TV screen are followed closely. January 4, 1980

Enrollee John LeComptee Repairing a Dial Telephone. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Telephone switchboard, 1956. Artist: Unknown

White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff preparations, Ottawa, Canada. White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, preparing for President John F. Kennedy's arrival; two men sit at teletype machines.

1930S Woman Secretary At Business Office Deck Transcribing From Dictaphone Dictation Voice Recording Machine

Trip to Louisiana and Florida: New Orleans, Louisiana, White House Communications Agency (WHCA) equipment set-ups; city views. White House Communications Agency (WHCA) staff members set up equipment in New Orleans, Louisiana, during President John F. Kennedy's visit to the city. Major Robert T. Dalton, Jr., sits in center; others are unidentified.

Vintage Photograph. Blonde woman switchboard operator smiling wearing headset and writing in notepad, Frame 4

DEU, Germany, Dortmund: Personalities from politics, business and culture from the years 1965-71, Halver. Company Ascota-Technik. Appliance repair 1965, Europe

Vintage Photograph. Office workers hard at work.

Trip to Bermuda: White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) communications equipment preparations, personnel, and city views. White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff work with communications equipment inside an unidentified room in Bermuda in relation to President John F. Kennedy's meetings with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of Great Britain.

Anefo photo collection. Assignment Veenman at Efficiency Fair for Nixdorf computer. October 24, 1972

Close-up of a human hand taking money from cash register's drawer

Anefo photo collection. Assignment company chair. Reception in new rai. June 7, 1961

1950s WOMAN OFFICE WORKER SECRETARY OPERATING MIMEOGRAPH MACHINE

1960s 1970s BACK OFFICE AT BANK & TRUST COMPANY WITH ROWS OF IBM COMPUTER CHECK SORTERS AND DATA ENTRY OFFICE MACHINES - o2623 HAR001 HARS BANKER B&W FINANCIAL TRUST DATA SKILL OCCUPATION SKILLS HEAD AND SHOULDERS AFRICAN-AMERICANS AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND EXCITEMENT MACHINES PROGRESS BLACK ETHNICITY REAR VIEW EMPLOYMENT OCCUPATIONS ROWS HIGH TECH FROM BEHIND COMPANY SUPPORT AUTOMATION EMPLOYEE BACK VIEW COOPERATION ENTRY & BLACK AND WHITE CAUCASIAN ETHNICITY COMPUTING HAR001 OLD FASHIONED WOMEN AFRICAN AMERICANS

Public Relations - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Anefo photo collection. Training TV director in Castle of Golson. January 23, 1962

Mr. Hertogh, working in the Oost telephone exchange.

Vintage Photograph. Man reviews paperwork while sitting at desk in studio portrait.

Vintage Photograph. Secretary sitting at desk reading papers.

Rear view of a group of business executives working in an office, 1941

Russian delegation

Mrs. Lorna McIntyre, one of the assistants in the Records Dept., climbs to, take one of the 3000 files from the shelves. She comes from Canberra. September 13, 1947.

The staff in service

Public Relations - New York. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

1930S 1940S Man In Apron Next To Large Cash Register Talking On Phone Taking Notes Smiling

View of women in office

Female sales clerk showing a television set to a customer in an electronic shop

Saleswoman showing products to a young woman

Vintage Photograph. A woman working at a filing cabinet in an office.

Anefo photo collection. Counter at station. 18 February 1974

Workers and employees at the time clock of the Pohlschroeder company in Dortmund, Germany, on 01.08.1974, Europe

Unemployed at the Dortmund Labour Office in 1966, Germany, Europe

Arrangement Center Travel Agency, RBR

Malmö Telephone Station (Castle City Centralographs) 1950-02-24. Department's Director Rolf Elfors.

Japan, tokyo, writing with journalists at work, 1950-60.

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. Architect of the Lafayette Square redevelopment, John Carl Warnecke (center right), gestures to an area of the model. Two unidentified men stand in the background. General Services Administration Building, Washington, D.C.

White House Communications Agency (WHCA) staff advance trip to Costa Rica. A woman works at a switchboard in Costa Rica, during a White House Communications Agency (WHCA) staff trip in advance of President John F. Kennedy's visit.

Six men and two women at work in a U.S. government office. They share a long table, covered with documents, notebooks, and stacked paper sorters. One women works at a typewriter. Ca. 1940. (BSLOC_2014_13_45)

Historic photograph, man delivering mail

Boy polishing shoes

Vintage Photograph. Widow in Safe deposit box vault.

Businesswoman searching for files in filing cabinet

Anefo photo collection. Rotterdammers shopping without a receipt. June 1, 1946. Rotterdam, South Holland

Reporters in telephone booths in White House press room, ca. 1937.

Anefo photo collection. Visit from the royal guests at Asscher diamond cutting. March 25, 1958

Woman using typewriter in office

Home Towner Series - Daniel L. Goldy. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Workman registering at office of the FSA (Farm Security Administration) defense dormitories at Vallejo, California. These dormitories are for the workmen at the Mare Island navy yards 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Vallejo, California , Solano County

Anefo photo collection. Start of the first Rotterdam youth company Libografia. February 2, 1961. Rotterdam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Skippers pick up forms for oil vouchers at the government transposition inspection. A skipper at the counter. December 20, 1973. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

An expert employed by the De Beers diamond mines, Kimberley, sorts the day's output of diamonds in the pulsator building. The word involves greate care and training, because diamonds must be individually examined and classified. October 10, 1952.

Customer and sales clerk choosing meat in butcher's shop

High angle view of a receptionist giving a business card to a businesswoman in an office

Madrid, December 1977. A user buys a ticket at the Madrid Metro ticket office.

Vintage Photograph. Young woman wearing dress going through folders in drawer of filing cabinet, Frame 1

Anefo photo collection. Strike at the layout department of Dagblad Het Parool. Some employees in the format department in conversation. December 16, 1981

Mrs. Katherine G. Johnson at Work

Young women working in office

The main store, HFD. Hole card machine, IBM 56

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

Vintage Photograph. A woman and man looking over documents at a desk.

Vintage Photograph. Young woman wearing dress going through folders in drawer of filing cabinet, Frame 4

Trip to South America: San Juan, Puerto Rico, White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) communications equipment preparations, personnel, and city views. White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) officer, Bernard Putterman (center), and others work with communications equipment inside a room at Hotel San Juan Intercontinental in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

USIS Services in Paris. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Vintage Photograph. Widow and attorney looking inside bank vault looking over papers from safe deposit box.

Vintage Photograph. A side view of a man using a cash register.

Anefo photo collection. HCC NicfoComputerdagen Utrecht, Jaarbeurs. November 22, 1985. Utrecht

Enrollee John LeComptee Repairing a Dial Telephone. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 10x15 Exhibition 60th anniversary Labor Inspectorate. undated

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