Historical Polling and Public Events

Black and white images depicting public events, like elections and gatherings, illustrating moments of civic engagement in history.

Man making purchase from female employee at magazine stand

The 1969 federal election here on 28. 9. 1969 at a polling station in a district of Dortmund, Germany, Europe

Train hostess

Anefo photo collection. Jeweler Schipper (Heiligeweg, Amsterdam) robbed; Interior jewelry store shortly after the robbery. September 9, 1974. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Airport in Warsaw. Foreign station - passport and clearing briefing (customs officers and travelers during luggage control); Photography from the series to the photojournalism "Please open!" (from the work of the Customs Office at the Foreign Station of the Airport in Warsaw), "Świat" 1959, No. 7; Prażuch, Wiesław (1925-1992); 1959 (1959-00-00-1959-00-00);

12/31/1969. Student in the self-service of a university cafeteria.

Man making purchase from female employee at magazine stand

Line up at general delivery window in the post office at Hermiston, Oregon. This post office served about eight hundred people a year ago, now it has more than five thousand general delivery patrons 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Hermiston, Oregon , Umatilla County

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

Vintage Photograph. Airplane engineers in control room.

Stabilization of French Franc Brings New Hope. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Two businessmen walking on street

Poll photo collection. Hans Martin in the door of the KLM office in New York. 1946. New York City, USA

A new idea is discussed in one of the work rooms at British fashion house, Susan Small, between Alex Marafini, the suit designer and Maureen Baker, the design director who would later go on to design the wedding dress for Princess Anne in 1973. Date: 1964

Anefo photo collection. Anti-hamster boards "Simply buy the items and quantities that you are normally used to" in a Simon store. Shopping audience, with the signs in the background. December 12, 1973

Woman Shopping for Kitchen Electrical Appliances, Hect Co., Washington, D.C., USA, photograph by Marion S. Trikosko, March 1965

Vintage Photograph. Sierper Street in Seville Spain. Shopping area and meeting place for business men.

Corps Marketenderei in Pawlowiczy.

Customer and clerk in grocery store

Hectic activity, here at the Rheinisch-Westfaelische Boerse in 1966, is often the normal state of affairs on the stock market, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Soccer player Sjaak Swart in his cigar shop. Sjaak Swart telephones in his cigar shop. October 25, 1965. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Foundation meeting Industriebond FNV in Utrecht, old banners with Arie Gerisevelt (m). December 16, 1980. Utrecht

Anefo photo collection. Electronic Principal Chart Amsterdam stock exchange; floor. September 2, 1985

Traffic Restaurant, TR, Sales with cart on platform

Long-term unemployed at the Dortmund Labour Office on 2.12.1975, Germany, Europe

John L. Lewis Walks Through Picket Line -- John L. Lewis (center Foreground), United Mine Workers Chief, walks through a line of independent unionist pickets (background) today to enter the labor-Management conference in the Labor Department Auditorium. The pickets were protesting the absence of independent Unions from the meeting. November 05, 1945. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Photo collection Government information service. DIAS markets Continuous series of 7. Undated

Bar in the 1950s. A bartender is mixing drinks behind the bar counter. Sweden 1959. Ref 3941

Strasbourg Assemblies. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

1960S Woman Paying At Grocery Store Checkout Male Cashier

Vintage Photograph. Couple walks to front door of bank smiling man reaches for the door handle.

Anefo photo collection. Department store. Meeting. A standing man with beard holds a speech. 1945

Anefo photo collection. Command Buuren Van der Burg advertising agency arrival placement computer equipment, manufactured England, Gak Amsterdam. August 29, 1966

Anefo photo collection. staff blast furnaces meet collective labor agreement agreed trade unions. Meetings, trade unions. February 9, 1989. IJmuiden, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Action open the village. Mies Bouwman behind a desk. November 26, 1962

Anefo photo collection. Employees have occupied Enka Breda, Akzo-Glanzstoff Wuppertal employees at the gate. September 19, 1972. Breda

Elsevier photo collection. Mr.Vrolijk bought tax-free trip Indonesia, attend official Indonesian Parliament 16 Lower House. August 12, 1968. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

One woman buying two tickets (EV006817_H)

Marine transport service (Marotradi) drivers in consultation.

Director General. SCA, Töva terminal

USA, Massachusetts, Boston, woman doing shopping in drug store

Anefo photo collection. Actions supermarkets collective agreement. Action branch Dirk van de Broek Amsterdam-Noord. 24 1989. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Vintage Photograph. Teenager talking on phone behind counter at hardware store.

Anefo photo collection. Stock market after revaluation. March 7, 1961

Vintage Photograph. Couple stands in front of Bankers Trust sign saying 3% Interest Savings earned.

Vintage Photograph. Man testing new car seats at Automobile Showroom.

Address to the White House Conference on Exports, 10:30AM. President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks to the White House Conference on Exports. Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Anefo photo collection. Man behind fruit machine, command of Volkskrant. June 14, 1978

Anefo photo collection. Hundreds of employees of Remmington Rands have occupied the company I.V.m. Threatening bankruptement,. May 13, 1981. Den Bosch

Trade union activities in the years 1965 to 1971 on the subject of co-determination and Montanmitbestimmung in the Ruhr area, Germany, Europe

Vintage Photograph. Strike Pickets at New York City's Garment District in New York City.

Low angle view of a postman delivering mail

Close-up of a man's hands holding a ticker tape

Applicants waiting for jobs in front of FERA offices, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Ben Shahn, U.S. Resettlement Administration, October 1935

Company recordings Armed workshops, February 1977.

Photo collection Government information service. News. undated. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Impending bankruptcy at the factory of Swarttouw construction workplaces. Attendees in conversation, with a sign in the background that states the position of the work in the factory. March 12, 1971. Schiedam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Agencies for legal assistance have started a punctuality action i.g.m. cuts. Clients are drawn through posters to the promotions. December 6, 1982

Anefo photo collection. Mr. J. Bootsma, alderman for the marketing in Amsterdam, opens market at the Gulden Winckelplantsoen, Amsterdam. September 9, 1969. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Vintage Photograph. Woman in supermarket with cart looking at package in produce department.

Man examining new car in salesroom

Image of Mayor N. Nielen van Heemskerk during his speech at the opening of the new N.S. station Heemskerk annex supermarket Simon de Wit.

Anefo photo collection. Opening of Firato 1967 by Minister De Block. Minister De Block during tour. September 21, 1967

Anefo photo collection. Ladies confection trade fair Dacova opened in RAI building. The stand of Dralon. October 14, 1963

Young woman shopping in the meat case

Trading on the floor of Kuala Lumpur's Commodity Exchange.

Woman Leaving Employment Agency, Miami, Florida, USA, Marion Post Wolcott for Farm Security Administration, January 1939

Address to the Symposium on Economic Growth, 9:53AM. President John F. Kennedy (center background, at lectern) delivers remarks to participants of the American Bankers Association (ABA) Symposium on Economic Growth. Seated left of lectern (L-R): Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Robert M. Solow; Professor of Business Conditions at the University of Michigan, Paul W. McCracken; Senior Vice President of Bankers Trust Company, Dr. Roy L. Reierson. Seated right of lectern (L-R): President of Chase Manhattan Bank, David Rockefeller; Chairman of the First National Bank in Thomson, Georgia, M. Monroe Kimbrel; Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Per Jacobsson. Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Workers at Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke AG (VDM) in Heddernheim reacted by occupying their factory to enforce a social plan when they were made redundant, October 1981, Germany, Europe

Ilgod package for the messle

Anefo photo collection. Fired Wilton Fijenoord; Employee dressing room. December 15, 1987

Anefo photo collection. Cigar shops Dem. Sundays protest sale evening Sundays smoking pump holders. February 21, 1988

Woman instructs how to install small containers SJ LA 10386, folding box of sheet metal. In the background: Mc Cormick - International

Anefo photo collection. Alderman Van der Vlis treatment municipal council meeting Amsterdam planning bus 15. January 21, 1987. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Hundreds of employees of Remmington Rands have occupied the company I.V.m. Threatening bankruptement,. May 13, 1981. Den Bosch

Coffee Shop, Chicago, Illinois, John Vachon, Farm Security Administration, July 1941

Elegance woman doing shopping in liquor store

Workers of the Duesseldorf metal industry demonstrated on 11.2.1976 for higher wages of 8% to the local headquarters of IG Metall, Germany, in the metal industry dispute, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Currency trap stock markets; Traders worries stock exchange. October 20, 1987

Vintage Photograph. Hotel front desk check-in process for travelers.

The struggles of a single mom making minimum wage.

Image of a company at the entrance of the Stichtsche Bank (Vredenburg 2) in Utrecht.

Will Britain Turn Right Conservatives Promise Land Of Work And Freedom. Here are some of the Conservative Party's election posters. All eyes are turned to Britain, where the General Election takes place on February 23rd., to see whether the people vote for the return of the present Labour Government which favours control of industry or whether they will turn to the Conservatives. The Conservative Party in its election manifesto, just issued, promises a Britain of work and freedom and that full employment will be maintained under private enterprise as it is with Labour's State Control. It also promises to try and find homes for all and to make cuts in taxes. January 25, 1950. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd.).

Photo collection Government information service. Apparators. undated

The Ruhr area, country and people, work, life, leisure in the Ruhr area in 1976, Germany, Europe

Young man leaning against a column, CW Post College, Long Island University, Brookville, New York City, USA

Anefo photo collection. Alderman van der Velde is taking "children's tree" to Floraweg in Amsterdam. Links The chairman of the Association of Companies in Amsterdam Noord (Veban) mr. K.w.f.m. By man. October 4, 1975. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Man gives a speech standing on a table; Strike. .

Anefo photo collection. Commission Westland Utrecht Mortgage Bank; front desk. August 20, 1974

Anefo photo collection. 24-hour strike in Belgium by 2 years of service. Agents on the corner of the street. August 9, 1952. Belgium

Mid adult man showing a toaster to a mid adult woman

Anefo photo collection. Princess Margriet (Best. Red Cross) receives 100,000th Volvo (340) at Volvo. V.l.n.r. Princess Margriet, director Deleye, and Minister of Aardenne (Economic Affairs). December 12, 1983. Born, Limburg

Anefo photo collection. Minister Van Kemenade opens national education exhibition in Jaarbeurs, Utrecht from Kemenade at exhibition in between. April 12, 1976. Utrecht

Anefo photo collection. Twenty millionet driving test. Presentation of the driving proficiency certificate by State Secretary Scherpenhuizen (Traffic and Water Management). November 25, 1982

Anefo photo collection. Johan Cruyff opens his shoe store in Kinkerstraat Amsterdam. J. Cruyff helps a customer. December 3, 1969. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. State Secretary Schaefer starts a renovation project on the Middenweg in Amsterdam. The State Secretary is about to give the starting signal. November 7, 1973. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Unemployed or without an apprenticeship after leaving school was not uncommon in the 1970s, as seen here on 10.10.1974 in Cologne at the employment office, Germany, Europe

David S. Lewis, Chairman of the board of General Dynamics Corp., holds up part of the bottle used to christen the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine HENRY M. JACKSON (SSBN-730) during the ship's launching ceremony. Base: Croton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Command International Tea Market Stand Teanima. October 9, 1968

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