Vintage Office Interactions

Black and white images depicting historical office settings with people engaged in discussions and administrative tasks from the mid-20th century.

Vintage Photograph. A man working with IBM equipment.
Vintage Photograph. A man working with IBM equipment.
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Bar in the 1950s. A bartender is mixing drinks behind the bar counter. Sweden 1959. Ref 3941
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A postal clerk opens mail at the Navy Advancement Center. Personnel at the center create rate training manuals, correspondence courses, military leadership and apprentice qualification exams as well as the Navy's enlisted advancement tests for petty officer 3rd class through chief petty officer. State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Wife of Fruit Vendor having Shoes shined at Market, San Antonio, Texas, USA, Russell Lee, U.S. Office of War Information/U.S. Farm Security Administration, March 1939
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Businessman using a dictaphone
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Vintage Photograph. Widow and attorney inside bank vault looking over papers from safe deposit box.
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Photograph of Jimmy Carter in the White House Library during a Televised Fireside Chat on Energy circa 2 February 1977.
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Photo collection Government information service. Stolen diamonds from Germany back. Stolen diamonds from Germany back. US occupational authorities in Germany brought back diamonds to millions from the Germans from the Netherlands, which were received in the presence of Minister Huysmans (third of the right) in the Amsterdam Bank in Amsterdam. The diamonds are under the strict supervision of the American M.P. salvaged in the safes. August 28, 1947. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Navy combat artist CMDR. John Charles Roach, USNR-R, sorts through watercolor paintings in his shop at the Washington Navy Yard. Roach is doing a series of paintings on Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Vintage Photograph. Hotel check-in experience at a vintage reception desk.
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1960S Business Baby Sitting Booster Chair Holding Telephone With Calculator Adding Machine File Drawers
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1970s MAN DESK TAXES CALCULATOR THINKING FURNITURE
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Large office of data entry personnel working on computers while wearing headsets.
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Anefo photo collection. Stichting Committee Statue Koningin Wilhelmina offers mayor Samkalden a model of Ruiterstandbe Queen Wilhelmina at Stadhuis /. May 13, 1970. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Congressional campaign trip: St. Paul, Minnesota, telephone address to a rally in St. Cloud. President John F. Kennedy prepares to deliver remarks via telephone to a congressional campaign rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota. White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Joe Taylor, stands at far right. Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport terminal, Minnesota.
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Anefo photo collection. Horecava in Rai counter at tap cabinet. January 6, 1969. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Uitzendbureau Colored Holland Amsterdam, ethnic minorities. Employment agencies, ethnic minorities. March 27, 1986. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Trip to Louisiana and Florida: New Orleans, Louisiana, address at Nashville Avenue Wharf dedication, 10:30AM. Several unidentified White House Communications Agency (WHCA) staff members prepare equipment for President John F. Kennedy's address at the dedication ceremony for Nashville Avenue Wharf, a new dockside terminal at the Port of New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Dr. Theodore Rodman of Ardmore PA at work on his home computer, 1970. The computer system, known as 'time-sharing,' consisted of a teletype terminal connected to a big central unit via telephone. The cost was $110 per month to rent, plus $7.50 per hour of use. Photo: John G. Zimmerman Archive/Courtesy Everett Collection
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Man stand for his store, Gannat (Allier), France, Anonymous, 1901 photograph Man stand for his store, Gannat (Allier), France. France paper public road in village (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). shop, store France. Gannat
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Vintage Photograph. Vintage office setting with busy employees and retro typewriters reflecting 1970s workplace dynamics.
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Image of the train service leaders at the CVL control tableau (central traffic control) in the N.S. in Blauwkapel near Utrecht.
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High angle view of a businessman and a businesswoman talking to each other on an escalator
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Disc jockey at Radio Hong Kong studios, 1969 Document: Disc jockey at Radio Hong Kong studios, 1969. Catalogue ref: CO 1069/467 (4) Description: To mark Septembers East and Southeast Asian Heritage Month, we are showcasing this photograph from 1969 Hong Kong, showing a disc jockey seated in front of a turntable at Radio Hong Kong studios. Hong Kong was a British colony from 1842 - when Hong Kong Island was ceded to Britain after the First Opium War - until 1997. This photo shows the studio of Radio Hong Kong in 1969. The British Hong Kong government started public radio broadcasts in 1928, which became Radio Hong Kong in 1948 and finally Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) in 1976. RTHK is still the public broadcasting service of Hong Kong. This photo was taken just after Radio Hong Kong moved into its brand new studios at Broadcast Drive. The original description reads: Spinning the discs in Radio Hong Kongs new 16 studio complex. Its part of a government series of photographs by photog
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Men gather around door of building, which has a calendar pinned to it.. Men gather around door of building, which has a calendar pinned to it..
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Vintage Photograph. Man's Creative ideas in business.
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Description: Barbados. 'Barbados Rediffusion Service: Continuity studio'. Depicting radio engineer at his desk. Photograph No K 20370 Official Barbados photograph compiled by the Central Office of Information. Location: Barbados Date: 1950 barbados, caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens
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Addis Ababa - Chancery Office Building - 1986, United States photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings
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Businesswoman walking in a corridor holding a coffee mug and files
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A Vietnamese carpenter works in a shop in Chieu Hoi-I henlet. He earns a living to support his family by crafting wooden cabinets. The image shows him saving lumber, which he plans to use for the creation of a wooden cabinet. This photograph was taken during US military activities in Vietnam.
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Anefo photo collection. Driving employment office in Tiel; Interior Mobile Employment Office. October 28, 1975
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LTJG Bean works on a printout of a computer program in her office at the Navy Regional Data Automatic Center. Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A postal clerk (PC) sorts mail on board his ship during exercise Unitas XX. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XX Base: Guayaquil Country: Ecuador (ECU)
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Business people meet on street, asian and local
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Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Alejandro Bermudo works on a computer in an Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department shop. Base: Naval Air Station Whidbey Island State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Vintage Photograph. Strike against Price increases.
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Two businessmen shaking hands in an office
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Vintage photograph. Man building model ship
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Workers. Original Title: Miscellaneous. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs
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1930s ANONYMOUS BROKERS INVESTORS BUSINESSMEN READING TICKER TAPE AS IT COMES OUT OF GLASS DOMED MACHINE
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Vintage Photograph. Business team discusses architectural plans in a modern office.
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Addis Ababa - Chancery Office Building - 1994, United States photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings
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A carpenter at work replacing a skylight - MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA
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1960s 1970s AIRPLANE PLANE STEWARDESS SERVING BUSINESS MAN DRINK WINE WOMAN COMMERCIAL AIR TRAVEL
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SEAMAN Palmer gives a crewmember his change is the ship's store on the guided missile cruiser USS SHILOH (CG-76). The SHILOH will be commissioned July 18, 1992. Base: Bath State: Maine(ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Men fix lighters on the streets of Havana, Cuba.
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Veterans' Employment and Training Service - Communications Workers of America (CWA) Military to Work Project
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Fast, free Sheraton reservations , Hotels, Telephones, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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White House Communications Agency (WHCA) staff advance trip to Costa Rica. White House Communications Agency (WHCA) staff trip to San José, Costa Rica, in advance of President John F. Kennedy's visit; several men set up equipment on the roof of a building.
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Fast, free Sheraton reservations , Hotels, Telephones, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States