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Before work-life balance: Vintage photos of American workspaces

Vintage Photos of American Workspaces

Before laptops and home offices, this is how work looked. These photos capture the American workspace before the world went digital, a time of paper stacks, hard work, and the daily grind.

 

Image Credit: Russell Lee /Library of Congress

Office Worker

Office worker in wheat broker’s office. Whitman County, Washington, 1941.

 

Image Credit: Harris & Ewing /Library of Congress

At The Office

Inside the office, with paper stacks and many people working, 1936.

 

Image Credit: Harris & Ewing /Library of Congress

Working

Organizing files and photos at the office, 1932.

 

Image Credit: Harris & Ewing /Library of Congress

Organizing Files

Women working at the office, 1932. 

 

Image Credit: Harris & Ewing /Library of Congress

Paper Stacks

Working on paper stacks and large bags that most probably are filled with more work to do, 1932.

 

Image Credit: Harris & Ewing /Library of Congress

The Typewriter

In the typewriting Room, 1935.

 

Image Credit: Library of Congress

Copyright Office

employees in the Library of Congress Copyright Office, 1920.

 

Image Credit: Library of Congress

Office of War Information

Break time at the Office of War Information newsrooms.  Washington, D.C.

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