Historical Office Scenes

A collection of vintage black-and-white photos depicting office environments with clerks, desks, and early communication equipment from the early to mid-20th century.

Office of Comptroller. Committee checking daily destruction of National Bank notes ca. 1909.

The staff at the State Railways, SJ. The goods expedition in Skövde.

Foresters At Work: Indoors. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Foresters At Work: Clerical. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Portrait in Control room during Gramophone Plates Broadcast, Anonymous, 1928 - 1945 photograph This photo is part of a cover with ten photos. baryta paper gelatin silver print phonograph, gramophone; playing recorded sound or video

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

The staff at the control office, department. For passenger traffic, local, in Tomteboda. State Railways, SJ.

Office in the station house.

Outgoing freight goods at Norrköping Central with staff.

Eight people photographed in the office. Group photo.

Office of Comptroller. Committee checking daily destruction of National Bank notes ca. 1909.

A group of sweatshop workers, Mr. Silberman, 30 Suffolk Street, Photo taken after 3 P.M., New York, photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, February 21, 1908

Image 5-12-19 depicts the activities of the War Risk Insurance Department. In the photo, a service member named cpl. Steiniger is seen at the department where all outgoing checks are graphetyped. This photograph was taken by photographer 5-1749.

Control office 1929

Office at Sugar Mill in Hököpinge.

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

Historic photograph, office with boss and three female secretaries, around 1924

Portrait of an employee of the Chamber of Commerce and Factories for Utrecht and the surrounding area (Maliesingel 2) in Utrecht, in the reading room of the Chamber.

View of men in office

Lawyer talking to a jury in a courtroom

SWB's management management 1920-34. Fr.v. 1., 2., 3. CEO Dir G.O.L. Kamph, 4. BD W. Grandinson, 5. MD S. Klemming

Traffic Director Conrad Martin Looft.

The head office. To the left actuary Marcus Clear, Märta Wilson. 1900-1910.

Portrait of (presumably) six employees of a field post office, Anonymous, c. 1915 - c. 1925 photograph Netherlands photographic support gelatin silver print post-office. anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait. interior ~ representation of a building

Group picture of the staff.

Kristian Björkroth, station inspector with the staff.

Tyranty Specialty Stand with Leica Device, Spring Store, Boulevard Haussmann, 9th Arrondissement, Paris Tyranty specialties Tyranty specialty stand with Leica Device, Store "Spring", Boulevard Haussmann. Paris (ixème arr.). "Tyranty specialties". Anonymous photography. Draw at gelatin bromide of silver.

Officer at the Control Office 1929.

Historic photograph, three men and an apprentice working in an office

Small grocery store owner surrounded by bills. 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

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

Meeting with district manager Erik von Friesen.

Historic photo, office scene, ca. 1935

In the sausage praternity, seating cassa at the entrance of a praterer business, Emil Mayer -, photographer

Engineer Aug. Vestman sitting at its writing pulp, Bolinders Mechanical Workshop AB.

Rehabilitation client repays loan. Smithfield, North Carolina 1936. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Lady buyers inspecting tobacco at the first auction sale of enemy-owned property in Richmond, Virginia in 1918. Mr. John M. Tayler, Custodian of Alien Property, oversaw the sale, while Mr. Joseph A. Bower served as the auctioneer. The sale was held at the Liberty Bank in New York City.

Group of Women Working in Sweatshop, New York City, New York, USA, circa 1908

Rep'n Nat'l Comm'ee H'dq'rs, Republican National Committee Headquarters N.Y. City

Gentlemen at tables. Herrar vid bord.

The staff at the control office at Tomteboda station.

Business equality , Business people, Office workers. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Personnel image

Clarke, D. Edward, in office

Marketenderei in the field 28.7.18. .

Workback of the Citizens' Committee of Warsaw at ul. ytote 18 (at the "Buffalo" factory); 1915 (1915-00-00-1915-00-00);

Portrait of machine inspector P. A. Bagge.

Farmer signing agreement with farmers' production cooperative. Coos County, New Hampshire 1936. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Sampling rooms of the Commission for the Dutch-Z African Trade ...

Lt. Col. D.M. Jay, Q.M.C., is seen in this photograph taken on October 15, 1918 at the Elysees Palace Hotel in Paris, France. Lt. Jay is serving as the Assistant Purchasing Agent in the Office of the General Purchasing Agent. The photograph was passed by the A.E.F. Censor, although the exact date of issue is not provided.

TV recording in Plenisalen, Central Station Stockholm. The person at the short side of the table is Director General Erik Upmark.

Men working in an office space, Anonymous, 1920 - 1930 photograph A man is sitting behind a table with a cigarette in the hand. He wears white clothing. There are large sheets of paper, a folder and a box in front of him. Behind him is a man at a writing table, under a wall clock. On the left in the corner is a writing table, possibly a design table. Part of the Dutch East Indies family album. photographic support gelatin silver print Dutch East Indies, The

Interior of the cheese shop of A.J. Vunderink, first of Swindenstraat 13, Amsterdam, c. 1925 photograph This photo is part of an album. Amsterdam baryta paper gelatin silver print counter ~ shop. cheese Amsterdam

Workers Handling Christmas Packages at Main Post Office, Washington, D.C., USA, Arthur Rothstein, U.S. Office of War Information, 1938

Clerk at horse auction. El Dorado, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , El Dorado, Texas , Schleicher County

Office of Auditor for Post Office Department- Expert card punch operative, showing key punch. Photographs of Treasury Department Personnel, Facilities and Activities. Department of the Treasury

The staff at the control office at Tomteboda station.

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

City treasurer. 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

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

Elsevier photo collection. meeting Amsterdam city council council chamber Prinsenhof renovation. renovation, council militia hall Archary Steeg. table & left: Aldermen Polak, Ter Haar Wibaut, Mayor De Vlugt, temporary secretary Mr. Rovers, Aldermen de Miranda, Vos Von Freytag Drabbe. extreme row left (left left to): Herren Selkesz, Carels, MVR. Kock-Mulder, Walrave Boissevain, K. de Vries Dr. Abrahams. Sit middle table (from left): Major Shibitions, Ms. PRIDS KATS, MR. Romme, Ms. Crielaers, Van Meerveldt, Peters, Van Linge, Pier, Baas, Lisser (with device), mrs. helmet v.d. Berg, Koudenberg, Mrs. Tilanus, Mrs. Blitz-Boss, overst Ossendorp. Left pillar visible exterior Beekman. July 1926. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Kimberley, South Africa: sorting stones in a diamond office. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.

"Image depicts a scene in one of the offices of the War Risk Insurance Bureau in Washington, D.C., during World War I. Numerous clerks are shown diligently working. This photograph was approved by the War College Division on April 10, 1918, for official use only."

Men receiving a telegram from England in the telegraph office in Wimereux, France, illustration from a photo by Meys, from the magazine L'Illustration, year 57, no 2928, April 8, 1899.

Man Working in Window and Man Standing in Doorway, E.J. Crane Watchmaker and Jewelry Store, Richmond, Virginia, USA, 1900

Personnel at the Traffic Director Expedition.

A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 Vera Elliott and a fellow new recruit to this factory are interviewed by a factory welfare officer to identify the most appropriate job for them to do.

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

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

Elsevier photo collection. Cabinet formation. Former Prime Minister De Quay maintenance formateur prof. Zijlstra. November 8, 1966. Hague, South Holland

Woodrow Wilson signing the Child Labor Law of 1916, prohibiting interstate commerce of goods made using child labor. The law was stuck down by the Supreme Court for violating a child's right to contract his work.

Group of workers during their pause; Coolies to their breakfast.

Men in front of bank, Frederick, Oklahoma. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Frederick, Oklahoma , Tillman County

Barclay's Mr. Clarks, Director, at his desk 1898, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

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

Work team, nine people. Arbetslag, nio personer.

Unemployed receiving rations, New York

World Exhibition , German group leaders engineers of the world exhibition, Josef Löwy -, photographer, Viennese photographer association, publishing house

Members of Turkish Parliament in chamber

Unemployed... but hoping for work Date: 1931

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

Periodista Herrerias Lleoando a Bustillos

Information office and radio broadcaster Dutch New Guinea. During a special session of the Council of Headerships, the governor of Dutch New Guinea, Dr. J. van Baal, on 29 April 1955 the decorations were awarded to the knighthood in the Order of the Netherlands Lion. The vice-chairman of the Council of Manager, Mr. N. Makkes during his speech. April 29, 1955. New Guinea

Western Electric Company group ca. between 1910 and 1926.

Division of Auditor for Post Office Department - Examining Postmasters money order accounts. Photographs of Treasury Department Personnel, Facilities and Activities. Department of the Treasury

New York, N.Y. - Exterior of Italian watchmaker's shop

Description: African Social Welfare in Nairobi. The inside and counter of a beer canteen for native in Nairobi. The native in Nairobi really uses the "flowing bowl". Location: Nairobi africa

Traffic Inspector Georg Clemens Pius Holm at the Stockholm Central Station office.

Jeweler and watch repair man. 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

Illustration depicting a type-founder's shop in London. Dated 19th century

Gelivare telephone networks and stations. The turn of the century 1900. The switchboard.

Sec'y. Houston

National League executives (baseball)

The recruiting business | Library of Congress

Work foreman at a factory communicating with management via a wall-mounted Phelp's Duplex internal telephone.; 1879

Edison General Electric Co. Rickard Göransson at drawing board.

Madrid, 09/26/1918. Robbery at the Prado Museum. Investigators take photographs to obtain fingerprints.

Portrait of F.C.A. Eenhorst, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and Factories for Amersfoort (Arnhemseweg 21-23) in Amersfoort.

Secretary of the Treasury, McAdoo at his desk. Photographs of Treasury Department Personnel, Facilities and Activities. Department of the Treasury

1890S 1900S Turn Of The Century Man In Suit & Bowler Leaning On Wooden Barrel On Table

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