Vintage Business Scenes

Black and white photographs capturing past business practices and office life, including desks, typewriters, and formal attire.

Man at desk holding papers.

Vintage photograph. Businessman sitting at office desk

Vintage Photograph. Man wearing suit sitting at office desk with ledger book and printing calculator

Man at desk holding papers.

Businessman arguing on the telephone

Portrait of a businessman holding documents

Businessman reading a document in an office and smiling

Anefo photo collection. Hie Holland England / Anefo London series. Series radio orange radio technician studio. 1943. Britain

Vintage Photograph. Farmer and businessman stand in office at window pointing outside.

Vintage photograph. man in suit and tie sitting at desk with hand on face

Vintage photograph. Businessman sitting at desk speaking into dictaphone machine

United States: c. 1926 Inventor Earl C. Hanson holding the the peanut vacuum tube that he used in patenting the first vacuum tube hearing aid called the Vactuphone.

Vintage Photograph. Older man reviews documents in binder while sitting at desk he wears a doctors uniform.

1960S Serious Businessman Three Piece Suit Standing Behind Desk Gesturing With Glasses

1950S 1960S Businessman Leaning Over Desk Serious Expression Looking Forward

Poll photo collection. Eduard van Beinum at his country house. The conductor Eduard van Beinum studies a score at a table on the terrace at its country house in Garderen. June 5, 1954. Garderen, Gelderland

Vintage photograph. young man and older man sitting together at desk reading through book

1930S Two Men In Office Exchanging Pen Signing Contract Deal

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

Anefo photo collection. Minister of Agt to USA for study Heroin policy; Minister of Agt (head). January 6, 1975

Vintage photograph. Woman at desk with notebook talking on phone.

Vintage photograph. Reporter in suit behind desk holding stack of papers with microphone

1930S Two Men In Office At Desk Looking At Papers

Portrait of businessman standing with his hand in his pocket

Vintage Photograph. Man in suit and tie standing on white background and pointing fingers. Frame 2

Vintage Photograph. Woman sits at desk biting on end of pen she thinks before signing contract she has before her.

1920S 1930S Man Sitting At Desk Talking On Telephone

Man at desk holding papers.

1960S Two Businessmen Seated At Desk Looking At File Folders

1960S Businessman Executive At Desk Talking On Telephone

Vintage photograph. Woman with short hair writing on note pad.

Vintage photograph. Man in church looking down and placing money in collection plate

Anefo photo collection. Roof robbery saving bank Rozengracht. The cashier of Zeventer at the counter. October 27, 1967

Edifon: Miljöbild.

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A female computer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory with a slide rule and Friden adding machine to make computations. The computer staff was introduced during World War II to relieve short-handed research engineers of some of the tedious computational work. The Computing Section was staffed by computers,” young female employees, who often worked overnight when most of the tests were run. The computers obtained test data from the manometers and other instruments, made the initial computations, and plotted the data graphically. Researchers then analyzed the data and summarized the findings in a report or made modifications and ran the test again. There were over 400 female employees at the laboratory in 1944, including 100 computers. The use of computers was originally planned only for the duration of the war. The system was so successful that it was extended into the 1960s. The computers and analysts were located in the Altitud

1960S 2 Businessmen In Shirt Sleeves Looking Over Paperwork

Vintage photograph. Woman at desk reading notes and using typewriter.

Vintage Photograph. Secretary at desk on the phone.

1950S Man Business Paperwork Tired Overworked

Store inspectors are not supposed to have any feelings, but they are sometimes desperately sorry for the tearful culprit they have caught. July 13, 1955.

1960S 1950S Business Man Phone Desk Paper Work Talking Writing

Vintage photograph. man in suit and tie holding papers with hand on face

Expedition Manager Ivan Eskel

Vintage photograph. Man in suit behind desk surrounded by books

Businessman reading a book and writing in a document in an office

Folke Karlsson works as a rural postmaster in Strömsholm 1962.

Businessman typing in office environment

Some of the City Council Director, Brd, Ingvar Ringbom and First Bureau Assistant, FBRA, S. Persson

White collar crime (EV008097_H)

Vintage Photograph. A couple looking at paper work with concerned expressions.

Vintage Photograph. A business man reaching hand out to shake.

Secretary sitting at desk and reading letter

Vintage Photograph. Men in suits talking at desk. Frame 4

Vintage business meeting with colleagues discussing in an office setting

Model Released: GC Dawson. Vintage Photograph. Man with blueprint in hand looks questioningly.

Vintage photograph. Older man in pinstripe suit sitting at desk full of papers

Close-up of a senior woman talking on the telephone

Portraits - Portraits "M". Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Vintage Photograph. Man in suit showing papers to other man in suit

Vintage photograph. Stressed woman sitting at desk with business papers

Men at a office one holding a ticker at the ticker machine (EV006879_H)

Mid adult man sitting at desk in office and smiling

Vintage Photograph. Woman at desk looking at large prints with a thinking expression on her face.

Senior businessman thinking with hand on chin

Rear view of a businessman sitting at a desk in an office

1930s DEPRESSED BUSINESS MAN HOLDING HEAD UP WITH HIS HANDS OVER HIS EARS

Cleaver and his badge of office - the slide rule. He is just one of a party of serious-minded scientists who see moon-travel as a fact with regular services within the next half century. October 24, 1951. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Madrid, January 1919. HM King Alfonso XIII in his work office.

Man cleaning shining shoes (EV006422_H)

Vintage Photograph. Man in suit standing at cash register looking down and writing

Vintage photograph. Woman sitting at desk using typewriter while reading from book

Businessman with his fingers on his lips

Minister J.A.W. Burger on the telephone, 1943 - 1944 photograph Jacobus Albertus Wilhelmus (Jaap) Burger (1904-1986) was admitted as England Farmer in 1944 in the Gerbrand cabinet in London. He was initially a minister without a portfolio, charged with the return policy (preparation for the recovery of the board after the liberation). From May 31, 1944 to January 27, 1945, he was Minister of the Interior. A conflict with Gerbrandy about the post -war trial of 'wrong' Dutch people led to his resignation. The line network in the photo was installed by artist Cor Visser. London photographic support London

Portrait of young secretary

Vintage photograph. Woman looking frustrated sitting at desk with documents

1930S 1940S Man Wearing Apron Talking On Telephone Writing Down Order

Transport consultant Alvar Lindberg, 1 Traffic Inspector Expedition, Central Station Stockholm

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Businessman reading a document and his secretary talking on the telephone beside him

Anefo photo collection. VAT treatment in the House of Representatives. Mr. Schmelzer uses lunch behind curtain. May 21, 1968

First Railway Expedator Arthur Waine in his office.

Close-up of two businessmen smiling

Studio portrait of frustrated businessman

Vintage photograph. Businessman on sidewalk with cases hailing down taxi. Model released.

Vintage photograph. Man in Suit with briefcase walking down sidewalk

Vintage Photograph. Older woman smiles sitting at a desk with a letter in front of her and her hands crossed.

Portrait of a businessman making a funny face

Vintage photograph. Woman sitting at desk smiling and paying bills

1950S Woman Office Business Paperwork

Male architect reading a blueprint

Man standing in an office (EV006328_H)

1960S Business Man Eyes Closed Funny Facial Expression Talking On Telephone

Anefo photo collection. Meeting of the House of Representatives. New VVD MP Albert-Jan Evenhuis is installed. December 11, 1973. The Hague, South Holland

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