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- Office Xmas Party: 1925
- ... time for a hallowed holiday tradition here at Shorpy: The Office Xmas Party! Which has been going on for 98 years now. Will Clarence in ... The guy at top, second from right gives me the creeps.
1920's I'm kind of young so maybe I'm missing something, but did pretty ...
Posted by Dave - 12/15/2023 - 3:04pm -
- Our Lady of Lourdes: 1914
- ... 2007 --
The caption for this one just says "Post Office." Thanks to our commenters we now know that the building with the statue ... (born 1917/ my Mother)
John (born 1918)
Theresa (born 1920)
Vincent (born 1922)
Veronica (born 1925)
My mom had such fond ...
Posted by Dave - 12/13/2022 - 12:33pm -
- A Dickey Christmas: 1919
- ... found the Raymond Dickey family in the 1910 and the 1920 US Census. In 1910 Raymond and Rose lived at 1358 Otis Place NW with ... candle holders. Scary!
Six years too early for the Office Party I thought, by digitally adding some color, that it might would ...
Posted by Dave - 12/20/2023 - 3:27pm -
- The Office: 1923
- Washington, 1923. "Stamp Division, Post Office." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative, ... the funnier!
Jim Halpert? He looks more like the 1920's Dwight Schrute to me. Dwight's main ambition in life is to die at his ...
Posted by Dave - 07/23/2012 - 3:34pm -
- Patent Office: 1920
- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington circa 1920. Which, after a zillion-dollar makeover, is now the Smithsonian's National ...
Posted by Dave - 08/07/2012 - 2:01am -
- Home Office: 1920
- "H.E.F. in den, 2227 Nichols Avenue," circa 1920. Herbert E. French owned National Photo, the source for so many of the ... a fan of tobacco. Could be a water pipe on the desk.
Office By the looks of the top hinge on the door on the right, it seems to ...
Posted by Dave - 09/12/2011 - 12:10pm -
- Parting Glances: 1920
- Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "729 12th St., Washington Times." Various shades of Twelfth Street. 8x6 ...
Messengers Bicycles, a motorcycle and a messenger office. Pure chance, or a cunning business plan?
Cleveland Motorcycle ... see here. The pride of the gentleman inside the Builder's office watching his son leave; the parting of two friends (or lovers); is the ...
Posted by Dave - 08/13/2023 - 3:25pm -
- 535-07-5248 and Wife
- ... can also generate the form to send to the Social Security office to request (purchase) a copy of the original application which will give ... death record already posted about. But a census record for 1920 caught my eye because the young boy, Tilman T Cave, had a sister called ...
Posted by Dave - 08/01/2020 - 3:52pm -
- Great-Grandpa was a PA coal miner
- ... was also a miner in Western PA in the period 1910-1920?? I don't know if it was Hazelton. His name was Dominick Demark or ... Pennsylvania, also called Scott Haven (name of the post office). The name of the coal mine was different and I have forgotten what it ...
Posted by gmr2048 - 02/01/2008 - 1:18pm -
- Piggly Wiggly: 1924
- ... Photo Company Collection glass negative.
Old Post Office I found an address for Christo Bottling Co. at 209 Eleventh Street ... The truck on the far left is a White, and it is a circa 1920 Model 20.
The other four trucks are Mack AC "Bulldogs" that look brand ...
Posted by Dave - 09/03/2012 - 11:54am -
- Merry Taxmas: 1920
- "Income Tax circa 1920." One of the happiest times of the year in our nation's capital, like ... I'll see many of these same expressions at the post office tomorrow.
Steve Miller
Writin' checks someplace near the ... bespectacled clerk: "Sir, I believe you have the wrong office!"
Last Minute Throng
Washington Post, Feb 15, 1920
...
Posted by Dave - 09/04/2012 - 4:54pm -
- Hopper Employment Agency: 1920
- Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "National Personnel Service Bureau." Our second peek into the bureau's office, a scene that reminds me of an Edward Hopper painting. National Photo ... of a building?
[This was taken from the inner office, looking out to the waiting room. Think of an older-style doctor's ...
Posted by Dave - 03/29/2012 - 4:44pm -
- The Tabulators: 1920
- Washington, D.C., circa 1920. One of half a dozen images labeled "Tabulating Machine Co." Harris & ... versus computers, but, as with most of these early office photos, the men in this one seem to be standing around looking good ... front row looking straight into the camera.
Drive-in office? Am I imagining things, or is this office space a converted parking ...
Posted by Dave - 07/23/2012 - 3:39pm -
- Back Issue: 1920
- Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Nation's Business." A look behind the scenes at the offices of that ... to the right of the kneehole.
"Making the Office Pay" That book's title sounds like a manifesto for a modern day ... 1912-1999.
(The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing, The Office) ...
Posted by Dave - 09/24/2014 - 6:02pm -
- Steuart's Garage: 1920
- Washington circa 1920. "Steuart's Garage, 12th Street N.E., exterior." Last week we saw the ... of print Hey Dave, any idea why the printing on the office door glass is reversed?
[We are looking through a window at the ... image address shown is correct.
The 141 address and "151 Office" reflection would then be on the camera side of the street.
I am ...
Posted by Dave - 08/07/2012 - 12:40pm -
- Radio School: 1920
- Washington, D.C., 1920. "National Radio School, Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest." National Photo ... note that the window says "The Washington Post Business Office."
Hence the man you can see in the window may be working in the ...
Posted by Dave - 09/04/2012 - 9:37pm -
- Cubicle: 1920
- Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Refrigeration box for parcel post, City Post Office." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size. ... like you send ice cream through the mail.
Dead letter office Now we know where Jimmy Hoffa is.
Refrigeration I'm curious ...
Posted by Dave - 08/15/2012 - 5:51pm -
- Get Me Rewrite: 1920
- Washington, D.C., January 1920. "Selznick Pictures." Interior view of the booking and exhibitor relations office seen here . Where the tidy desk belies an overflowing waste basket. ... that he must be the one who has all the power.
Nice office space I like the handsome indirect lighting fixtures, subtle wall ...
Posted by Dave - 09/14/2011 - 6:03pm -
- Woman's Bureau: 1922
- ... National Photo Co. View full size.
Cold Office I just noticed that she is on the exterior side of that double hung window. That really makes this office uninviting!
Behind Bar Can't decide if that bar is to keep her in ... provided this explanation to an audience in Boston in 1920: The Bureau was organized to enforce "the District's war-time ...
Posted by Dave - 09/13/2011 - 11:17pm -
- Postal Flyers: 1923
- Washington, D.C., 1923. "Post Office clerks, calisthenics." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. ...
A la Mode I think for the time period, early 1920's, these ladies are all dressed well, and all but one have their hair done ... of the gals flies off the roof, not a problem. The Post Office has considered rescue options well in advance.
There Seems to be ...
Posted by Dave - 09/13/2011 - 4:44pm -
- Take a Letter: 1920
- Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Washington School for Secretaries building." 1419 F Street N.W. Harris ...
* Indexing
* Listing
* Multigraphing
* Office Practice
* Pitman Shorthand
* Secretarial Bookkeeping
* Shorthand Penmanship
* Standard Office Appliances
* Touch Typewriting
Down the Line
Liebermann ...
Posted by Dave - 08/13/2013 - 3:56pm -
- News Flash: 1920
- Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Democratic National Committee." The convention hall in the old Liberty ... having been in a large electromechanical telephone central office - the sound must have been fascinating.
Well, fascinating to an ... looks like a typewriter repair shop that also sells used office furniture.
Early copying machines I think those would be cranking ...
Posted by Dave - 08/26/2012 - 11:45am -
- Minneapolis 1908
- ... demolished for an attractive Cesar Pelli-designed retail / office complex.) Down the street on the right, it’s the Syndicate Building, ... Trust Building, a 49-foot-wide building that stood until 1920 before it was clawed down for a new Woolworth's.
Everything here is ...
Posted by Lileks - 01/01/2009 - 10:54am -
- Faulkner Inc.: 1920
- Washington, D.C., 1920. "Faulkner Inc. -- office interior." And a well-equipped office it is. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full ...
Posted by Dave - 05/17/2014 - 11:31pm -
- Saucy Stories: 1920
- Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "O.J. DeMoll Co., Autocar truck." The cigar store has an interesting ... the building at 806 12th street for use as a store and office building.
(click for larger version)
Billboard ... Mechanics at the bottom of the narrow rack is from March 1920. The cover features an elephant carrying a motorcycle.
Why the ...
Posted by Dave - 09/12/2011 - 2:37pm -
- Dr. Bliss: 1920
- Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Dr. Bliss, interior, 13th and G streets." National Photo Company ... Carry on.
Osteopathy This is a wonderful photo: A office space shared by a Chiropractor and an Osteopath.
The osteopathic ...
Calling Doctor Quack! All of the equipment in the office appears to be of the "Violet Ray" and "Electro Stimulator" type - early ...
Posted by Dave - 09/13/2011 - 11:30pm -
- Main Street: 1920
- Fall River, Massachusetts, circa 1920. "Main Street." Where Hustle meets Bustle. 8x10 inch dry plate glass ... There's a little flag on the window of the A.G. Weeks office on the left. I've never seen that in this era of photos. I wonder if ... hardly any cars, around 1910 we see a few more, but by 1920 they dominate the scene!
I have two very different responses to this ...
Posted by Dave - 08/08/2012 - 1:33pm -
- A Face in the Crowd: 1920
- Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Selinger window, 820 F Street N.W., sale of Army wrist watches." ... the columns and wall of the 9th Street side of the Patent Office Building can be seen in the window. The Warder Building is now occupied by the Spy Museum. The Old Patent Office Building is now occupied by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the ...
Posted by Dave - 09/13/2011 - 8:11pm -
- Punch It: 1920
- Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Tabulating Machine Co." Our second look at the company's equipment. This installation is at the Old Post Office on Pennsylvania Avenue. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. ... the immediate association that springs to mind is Post Office Department, leading to the speculation that this photo illustrates a ...
Posted by Dave - 09/12/2011 - 7:05pm -
- Inaugural Umbrellas: 1901
- ... 2 I thought of The Prisoner too.
Short Time in Office From the date of this photo, President McKinley would have but a ... voted in 1900. The 19th Amendment wasn't ratified until 1920.
For that matter, it would have been unlikely that any of the ...
Posted by Dave - 09/13/2011 - 12:22pm -