Historic Workplace Scenes

Black and white images depicting early 20th-century work environments including telecommunication and utility companies.

Businessman working in his study

Looking over the day's orders in a commission house adjacent to the large fruit and vegetable market in San Antonio, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Antonio, Texas , Bexar County

Business district. Boston Edison. Mr. Everett Lang, William Rowan, Frances Coucres, Mary Connelly , Public utility companies, Boston Edison Company. Leon Abdalian Collection

Telephonzentrale in Mahala. .

White House Telegraph Office and Staff during Theodore Roosevelt's administration, Washington, D.C., USA, Photograph by Barnett McFee Clinedinst, 1902

N.Y. Job Bureau

Businessman working in his study

Pia Lavi mixing drinks for customers in Hotel Seurahuone's bar, the first cocktail bar in Mikkeli. kuvaaja: Helge Heinonen

Anefo photo collection. Televizier command. November 4, 1964

Vintage Australian Photography 1930s. Women working at the Telephone Exchange from Anthony Hordern and Sons, Interiors of department store, offices

Company Go & Co. AG, action building Leipziger Straße 7/13. Boardroom. Reproduction by photography. Fig. Page 105 in: 100 years go. History of the company Go & Co., A.G., Dresden 1835/1935. Dresden: W. Limpert, 1935. Dresden: Slub 34.4.1589

Man and woman in office

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 9x12 section workplace (Plateelbakkerij). undated

James J. Greeley and Gambon , Offices, Telephones, Metropolitan Transit Authority Boston, Mass.. Leon Abdalian Collection

At county 4-H Club meeting members from one community put on a one act play in which Farmer Brown was tried and indicted for "cruelty to his farm." His neighbors testified to his spurning of soil conservation practices, etc 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Eufaula, Oklahoma , McIntosh County

Underwood Typewriter Company. Office at Washington ca.1910.

Operators at Father's Point

President Woodrow Wilson with his cabinet circa 1910s.

Company Go & Co. AG, action building Leipziger Straße 7/13. Boardroom. Reproduction by photography. Fig. Page 103 in: 100 years go. History of the company Go & Co., A.G., Dresden 1835/1935. Dresden: W. Limpert, 1935. Dresden: Slub 34.4.1589

Office assistant Guido Glantz in Nelhammar station.

Sweatshop of Mr. Goldstein, 30 Suffolk Street, New York City, photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, February, 1908

Office Workers, USA, circa 1915

Information office and radio broadcaster Dutch New Guinea. In the office of the Government Secretary in Hollandia, the organizational committee was installed during a short ceremony. The committee consists of the men (left from v) J.G. Baarge, W.G. Van der Wolk, J.G. Rose tree, I. Visschers, Chr. Lijssen. Mr J. van Bodegem was absent. May 1958. New Guinea

Image of a card company in the home of MW. Louise Michels-Driessen (right, concierge Bureau R.K. Parochial Arm Board, Huize Zoudenbalch, Donkerstraat 15-19) in Utrecht with v.l.n.r. Gerrit Driessen (company doctor Haka), Arie van Lemmen (police officer, hiding), Willy Driessen (car-maker Bodywork and Construction Workshops N.V. Jan Jongerius) and Loek de Groot Rodriguez (Cellist Concertgebouw Orchestra, hiding).

Portrait of mature man sitting in office

Scene in busy office

Airport in Warsaw. Foreign station - passport and clearance briefing (customs officer and travel 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);

1930S Brokers Businessmen Reading Ticker Tape As It Comes Out Of Glass Domed Machine

Vintage office scene with early telephone technology and manual typewriter from the early 20th century

Workplace Van 't Woonhuys, Amsterdam. .

Description: Barbados. 'A Conference at Hastings House, headquarters of the Development and Welfare Organisation of the West Indies'. Photograph No D 77068 Official Barbados photograph compiled by Central Office of Information. Publicity statement on reverse. Location: Barbados Date: 1955 Mar barbados, caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

Shoe 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

Anefo photo collection. Department store. Meeting. Glass wine are poured. A waitress working on snacks. 1945

Municipal Meeting, Parish Meeting. Bodum parish, Ångermanland. Nordic

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

The telegram agency.

Vintage photograph. Stock brokerage house of Payne Webber Jackson and Curtis

Cowboy examining saddle. Ranch supply store, Alpine, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Alpine, Texas , Brewster County

Scene in county agent's office, San Augustine, Texas. Farmer is receiving his AAA check 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

Finland History - The customer and two sellers are at the console at Elona's Runeberginkatu store. Helsinki ca. 1922

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

Photograph of interior of lot 10, Bl. 2253, 36-37 Wash Ave, office on ground floor of G & G Wholesale Grocers. Depicts interior of store with two men, goods for sale, and a scale.

Elsevier photo collection. Prime Minister Dr. W. Drees with his secretary Ms. B. J. de Jong in his office at the Ministry of General Affairs. 1950. The Hague, South Holland

Nursery Work: General - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Forest Fire Dispatcher's Office - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Vintage Toronto Photo: The Shop Window display facade of the Eaton's Store. Toronto, Canada, 1918.

1920 - Treasury, Internal Rev. Chemist G.F. Beyertesting bootleggers' booze.

Plato's office staff for Wake and Midway Halls; Samuel Plato, contractor, and part of his office staff at their field headquarters for the construction of Wake and Midway Halls, now being completed for 1,000 Negro women war workers in Washington, D.C.; Left to right clockwise: Zelda S. Wilson, Mildred Dunn, Wilhelmena Barnett, Mrs. Elnora Plato (wife of the contractor and his chief accountant), Mr. Plato and Frances Purdy, March 1943.. 1943. Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. War work, African American women, Offices, African American businesspeople, Contractors, World War, 1939-1945 , African Americans, African American accountants, Women clerks

Forest Hills Cemetery. Office helps , Offices, Office workers, Forest Hills Cemetery Boston, Mass.. Leon Abdalian Collection

Second Round Table Conference in London, Anonymous

Image of the visit of Mayor Mr.dr. GO AWAY. Ter Pelkwijk on the butcher's trade exhibition in the Veemarkthal (Croeselaan) in Utrecht.n.b. The second Kesrtvee and butcher's trade exhibition was held on December 12, 1937.

Poll photo collection. REPORTAGE Cash association Amsterdam. Counters. 1933. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Photo collection Government information service. Drawing Employment Mediation in Café (old state). undated

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 5x5 women's work. undated

Social Security workers in the new offices established in Baltimore, Maryland. Nov. 11, 1936.

President Warren Harding signing a bill into law, in the White House Oval Office. August 18, 1922. (BSLOC_2015_15_20)

Stephan Liesting liquor store 1899, Germany

Business offices.

Expedition for AVG. Goods Stockholm Södra Station.

Telephony personnel in Gothenburg.

Workers making cigars, bundles on the table

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

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection Photo Collection National Information Service Private, Photo number 156-0357. 1956

1930s SIX MEN ONE STANDING IN A SERIOUS CORPORATE BUSINESS MEETING IN THE BOSSS OFFICE WITH LARGE DESK TELEPHONES & DESK SET - o623 HAR001 HARS TEAMWORK COMPETITION INFORMATION LIFESTYLE FIVE 5 STUDIO SHOT DECISION 6 MANAGER COPY SPACE HALF-LENGTH PERSONS MALES RISK SIX CORPORATE PROFESSION SENIOR MAN EXECUTIVES VEST SENIOR ADULT MIDDLE-AGED B&W MIDDLE-AGED MAN GOALS SUIT AND TIE OCCUPATION DOCUMENTS STRATEGY CAREERS LEADERSHIP LOW ANGLE INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY AUTHORITY CEO OCCUPATIONS BOSSES CONNECTION THREE PIECE SUIT CONCEPTUAL TELEPHONES STYLISH SUPPORT ADVISORS NO WOMEN PAPER WORK

Anefo photo collection. Opening new property home textiles from the NV Handelsonderneming Monarch to the Brouwersgracht by Dr. J. J. van Soest. May 6, 1963

Jack Benny and Anna Lee sign short snorter bills for an unidentified A.T.C. Officer at Heliopolis Airport, just outside of Cairo, Egypt.

1930S 1939 Checkout Cash Registers Supermarket Trenton Nj Customers Carry Food And Groceries

First reports of the Hindenburg disaster. Newspaper men and telegraph operators work together in the pressroom of Lakehurst Naval Air Station to report the Hindenburg disaster. May 6, 1937.

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. AVRO. Persons employed at AVRO - Netherlands. AVRO orchestra. 1937. The Netherlands

Delegates from Australian employers who were guests yesterday of the Boston chamber of commerce, together with officers of the chamber. The Australians are making a tour of the United States studying working conditions and methods used in American manufacturing plants. Left to right: R.J.Phillips, U.S. department of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; Andrew J. Peters, president of the Boston chamber; A.J.McNeil, managing director of the Millers Timber and Trading Co., Ltd., Perth; Archibald McInnes, former president of the Trades and Labor Council in Adelaide; and M.D.Liming, secretary of the Boston chamber.

Employees behind display cases at the Offterdinger Cigar Store in Washington DC ca. between 1910 and 1926.

Shoemaker, Chicago, Illinois, USA, John Vachon, Farm Security Administration, July 1940

Anefo photo collection. Closed meeting of the employees of shipyard IHC Verschure in Amsterdam about the imminent closure. Shipbuilding, company closures, meetings, employees. October 3, 1979. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

President William Howard Taft signing Recirpocity Bill circa 1909-1913.

Arab factories & general improvements in Nablus, Match factory One of the proprietors at his desk. 1940, West Bank, Nablus, Middle East, Palestine

Anefo photo collection. City roadside assistance ANWB Emergency service for Amsterdam, Mayor of Hall. Telephones. July 15, 1964. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Detroit News Staff.

Skopje, Macedonia - Turkish Knife and shoe stall Date: circa 1910s

Anefo photo collection. Officials protest during meeting. J. J. Landman, J. Metz, A. Weyters, J. ten Heuvelhof and A. van Rossen in The Hague /. October 18, 1967. The Hague, South Holland

Office workers at the Dairymen's Cooperative Creamery. Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Caldwell, Idaho , Canyon County

Superinspector Emil Fritz Ekebergh, with staff in Malmö.

Group of businessmen standing together, San Francisco, California, USA

Anefo photo collection. List Leader of the KVP Professor Mr. C. P. M. Romme releases his vote. March 12, 1959

Description: Shop Location: East Africa africa

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection of photo collection Government information service own, photo number 156-0572. 1956

A Jewish money changer 1934, Middle East, Israel

President Harry S Truman (center) and Secretary of the Interior Harold L Ickes (right), accompanied by other officials, get a bird's-eye view of the capital city from observation windows at the top of the Washington Monument, Washington, DC, 01/14/1946.

Group portrait on work teams with district manager Ekman at the short end of the table, in Malmö.

M-T-A Credit Union. 201 Park Square Building, 31 St. James Ave., Boston 16, Mass. , Banking, Offices, Employees. Leon Abdalian Collection

Vintage Photograph. General view of the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Frame 2

Caption: "Photograph taken in February 1918, showing the office of the Secretary of the Treasury Wm. G. McAdoo. Secretary McAdoo is seen signing a Treasury warrant for a $100,000,000 loan to France. Also present in the photograph are M. Coesnare, J. Simon 18 SUED Jules Jusserand, French Ambassador to the U.S., Assistant Secretary Crosby, and John Skelton Williams, Comptroller of the Currency."

Vintage photograph. Gimbel's Department store main floor busy shoppers moving in foreground

International Club. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Man standing at news stand in town

Municipal Lodging House

Preparing For Peace Conference: Luxembourg Palace workers, Paris, fitting a loudspeaker on the Balcony overlooking the main courtyard of the palace on July 24. It will be used for directing the cars of delegates to the peace conference, scheduled to open on July 29. July 26, 1946. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Poll photo collection. Hohenloher country. Shopkeeper on the sidewalk of his store in Bad Mergentheim. 1954. Bad Mergentheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, West Germany

Anefo photo collection. Opening "General Tire" new tire factory Amsterdam. October 1, 1954. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

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