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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.

People in the factory. >>

Wool Industry - Roubaix Wool Industry. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Close-up of a businessman using two telephones

Portrait of a businessman

Vintage Photograph. Older woman thinks with one finger to her chin while she reviews bank booklet.

Businessman accusing colleague (EV003359_H)

Studio portrait of female judge passing verdict

1940S Woman Typing Typewriter Secretary Work Business

Close-up of a businessman using two telephones

Workman at Navy shipyards at FSA (Farm Security Administration) duration dormitories. Bremerton, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Bremerton, Washington (State) , Kitsap County

Businessman on sidewalk with cases hailing down taxi.

Vintage photograph. Smiling young woman with pigtail braid hairstyle holding up and reading from bank ledger booklet

Vintage Photograph. Woman reviews property insurance information as she sits on couch she has a surprised look on her face.

Young businessman wearing pinstriped suit and tie holding wooden pipe in mouth

Vintage photograph. Man in Suit with groceries walking down sidewalk

Bob Hodge Model Released. Vintage Photograph. Businessman with black hair wearing gray suit and tie in front of white background looking at camera smiling

The first batch of seventeen boys who answered published advertisements to inspect the chief office of the E.S. & A Bank, were shown all phases of modern banking on a tour today. It is the first of three tours. Here receiving teller Mr. G.L. Scotter describes his work to John Knobel 15yrs. of Bondu Junction. January 12, 1955. (Photo by Ronald Leslie Stewart/Fairfax Media).

Woman buying shoes at a shoe store (EV006657_H)

1930S Man In Office Sitting At Desk Holding Papers Smoking A Cigar

1960S Side View Of Secretary At Desk Behind Typewriter Wearing Headset & Turning Knob On Dictaphone

Portrait of a businesswoman pointing at a bulletin board

1950s SMILING SALESMAN LOOKING AT CAMERA WEARING BUSINESS SUIT HOLDING BRIEFCASE UNDER HIS ARM

Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931) at his desk in his West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory, ca. 1913.

Faulkner Press Conference, USIS Paris. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Vintage Photograph. A elderly man smoking a pipe holding his mortgage papers in hand.

CFFP Program Special Events - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Station manager Roos.

Halmstad-Nässjö Railway, HNJ Traffic Manager Vilhelm Lindström.

Woman by typewriter.

Vintage Photograph. Smiling man wearing dress shirt and tie standing at desk holding up porcelain figurine

Vintage Photograph. A elderly woman excitedly looking at her bank account.

Vintage photograph. Brunette man wearing work shirt and wool cap with carpenter's ruler in breast pocket

Personnel in ticket box.

Man building model ship

Staff at the Railway Office in Västervik.

U. Bergstedt at the desk.

Anefo photo collection. Benfica trainer, Otto Gloria arrives at Schiphol. February 7, 1969. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Vintage photograph. Young woman seen drawing on paper at desk

A Large Chatswood store this week distributed a fifth of its annual profits to more than 100 of its employees.It is A. J. Benjamin Pty. Ltd., whose managing director John Benjaming shown handing cheques to Misses Pat Simpson (left) and June OBrien.The cheques ranged from more than £70 for senior assistants, down to £25 for lower-paid employees.The firm has also made monthly profit-sharing distributions to its staff since July last year. Mr. Benjamin, who has been bombarded by inquiries from city firms, says: Our idea is to make the staff feel that they are part of our business.Profit-sharing is the answer to todays problem of employer-employee relationship. October 24, 1950.

1960S Angry Man In Suit On Soapbox

Vintage Photograph. Businessman in suit and bowtie writing check on desk

Årsta Wholesale Trading Business Manager

Portrait of accountant working on ledgers

Bob Hodge Model Released. Vintage Photograph. Man with black hair wearing gray jacket and bow tie waiter uniform with striped dress shirt in front of white background looking at camera smiling holding up notepad with pencil, Frame 2

Vintage photograph. working man in hardhat and overalls holding lunchbox

Transport consultant Torsten Groth, 24 Traffic Inspector Expedition, Central Station Stockholm

Theodore Roosevelt at his Desk, USA, Stereo Card, Underwood & Underwood, 1912

Housewife waxing furniture

Vintage photograph. Male judge sitting at desk reading from notepad. Model released.

Studio portrait of businessman smiling

Portrait of two mature businessmen smiling

Poll photo collection. Reporting EPPO Doeve. Eppo Doeve to his drawing table working on the design of the $ 2.00 stamp from the United Nations. December 1951. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Vintage Photograph. Man in tuxedo leaning on chair and opening wallet.

Vintage photograph. Man in suit with pipe in mouth

Businessman with hand on chin

Department store owner at desk. 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

Vintage Photograph. Sharp dressed couple with man holding pipe in front of studio backdrop, Frame 1

Mid adult man smelling a cigarette

Vintage Photograph. Man sits for studio portrait with big smile on face in business attire.

Vintage photograph. Man in white button down shirt and tie marking globe with pencil

Anefo photo collection. HR. Dornseiffen 50 years at Land Registry. September 6, 1961

Close-up of a businesswoman writing on a notepad

Man on lectern

1930s SMILING WOMAN SITTING AT DESK VANITY TABLE WITH MIRROR LAMP STATIONARY TALKING ON TELEPHONE LOOKING AT CAMERA

Transport consultant operating in Gothenburg

Portress speaks on the phone. Portvakt talar i telefon.

Italian deputy and Secretary of Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI) Giuseppe Saragat posing beside the desk in his study. Rome, 1962

Vintage photograph. Man in suit and tie talking on telephone.

Vintage Photograph. Older man sits at desk smiling with paperwork in binder in front of him hand is on stethoscope.

Pensive businessman

Vintage photograph. Portrait of smiling businessman

1940s WELL DRESSED BUSINESSMAN WEARING HAT SUIT TIE CARRYING OVERCOAT AND GLOVES STANDING WAITING OUTSIDE PUBLIC BUILDING

1960S Businessmen Portrait With Foam Icing Smeared Over Face

D C Bailey- Designer of the Bailey Bridge, UK, 1944 D C Bailey, pipe in mouth, sits in his office and examines the model of a Bailey bridge which is resting on his desk.

Official in office.

Engineer Bengt Svensson at the Administrative Office in Eskilstuna.

Poll photo collection. Minister Bodil Koch. Minister Bodil Koch behind her desk at the Ministry. March 1954. Denmark, Copenhagen

Airport in Warsaw. Foreign station-passport and clearance clearance (Stanisław Cat-Mackiewicz 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 Air Port in Warsaw), "Świat" 1959, No. 7 Non -Nonreted photo; Prażuch, Wiesław (1925-1992); 1959 (1959-00-00-1959-00-00);

1950s WOMAN WIFE OR SECRETARY LOOKING SLYLY OFF TO THE SIDE STANDING BACK TO BACK WITH A BUSINESSMAN HER BOSS OR HER HUSBAND

Portrait of a businessman making a face

Vintage Photograph. Desk with telephone and president title card.

A Milva in the telephone exchange in the Bunker at the Headquarters General Staff in the Princess Julianakanne, The Hague.

Transport Consultant Operating in Borås

1960S Portrait Smiling Businessman Wearing Hat Business Suit Tie Looking At Camera

Waiter and customers in restaurant (EV003390_H)

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