Washington, D.C.: c. 1926.Emily Clarke at her desk. She is in charge of the Estimates and Reports at the U.S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
Peoria, Illinois: May, 1922.Nurses doing paperwork at a desk in a hospital.
Chicago, Illinois: c. 1923.One of the offices at the Chicago Tribune newspaper. (C) Underwood Archives / The Image Works
New Holland Tunnel Engineer
Berlin, Germany: July 25, 1923.A portrait of Danish scholar, critic, and philosopher, George Brandes at his desk.
New York, New York: February 5, 1926 Henry Hummel of Maine, (R) lays claim as the son of the late millionaire lawyer Abe Hummel to his fortune. He is shown with his attorneys, Senator F. W. HInckley, Mrs. Glantzberg, Miss Phillips.
Paris, France: October 17, 1926.An applicant to be a motorman of a public coveyance taking one of the Psychotechnic Laboratories tests to ensure they will be a safe driver. This man's speed and distance habuts are being tested by the tachodometer.
U.S. President Calvin Coolidge and Chief Justice and former U.S. President William Howard Taft, seated Portrait, Washington, D.C., USA, Harris & Ewing, 1923
Gene Tunney (1897-1978), American Professional Boxer, World Heavyweight Champion 1926-1928, seated Portrait, Underwood & Underwood, 1926
Leatrice Joy, Half-Length Publicity Portrait for the Silent Film, "The Clinging Vine", Producers Distributing Corporation, 1926
Eugene O'Brien, Gloria Swanson, Helen Dunbar, on-set of the Silent Film, "Fine Manners", 1926
New York, New York: March 25, 1946 The first convening of the United Nations' Security Council in New York. NY Governor Thomas Dewey, US Secretary of State James Byrnes, and William O'Dwyer are seated behind them at left, all of whom addressed the Counci
President Lyndon Johnson Signing Civil Rights Bill, 1964
Weimar, Germany: March, 1919 Newly elected at the first National Assembly of the German Republic in the Royal Theatre in Weimar is Chancelllor Scheideman, 4th from left, and his Cabinet.
Birth Control Advocate Sanger
Man At HIs Desk
U.S. Attorney General Robert H. Jackson, Portrait sitting at Desk, Washington, D.C., USA, Harris & Ewing, July 1940
California: c. 1947 A portrait of astronomer Edwin Hubble.
U.S. President Lyndon Johnson working at Desk in Oval Office in White House, Washington, D.C., USA, photograph by Thomas J. O'Halloran, February 1964
U.S. President Gerald Ford working at his Desk, smoking a Pipe, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, photograph by Marion S. Trikosko, February 6, 1975
U.S. Attorney General Robert H. Jackson, Portrait sitting at Desk, Washington, D.C., USA, Harris & Ewing, between 1938 and 1941
Edith Roosevelt (1861-1948), First Lady of the United States 1901-1909 as Wife of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, Seated Portrait at Desk, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, 1903
Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) 28th President of the United States 1913-1921, Three-Quarter Length Portrait seated at desk in White House Oval Office, Washington, D.C., USA, Photograph by Harris & Ewing, 1913-1917
Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) 28th President of the United States 1913-1921, Half-Length Portrait seated at desk in White House Oval Office, Washington, D.C., USA, Photograph by Harris & Ewing, 1913-1917
Washington, D.C.: June 17, 1908 A portrait of African-American educator, author and orator Booker T. Washington.
Paris, France: c. 1925 MIss France, Mlle. Raymonde Allaine, models the latest bathing suit by Jenny, a white creation trimmed with beads of gold.
United States: c. 1920 A portrait of Joseph Kennedy working at his desk.
Washington, D.C., 1926. A nurse at the Children's Hospital measures the height of a wiggling child with this device.
New York, New York: c. 1910.New York City Fire Commissioner Robert Adamson working at his desk. (C) Underwood Archives / The Image Works
Grace Abbott, Chief of Children's Bureau of Department of Labor, Seated Portrait, National Photo Company, August 1929
Alice Paul (1885-1977), American Suffragist, Feminist, and Women's Rights Activist, Portrait, Underwood, Bain News Service, 1920's
Charles Curtis & Herbert Hoover sitting at Table, American Flag Hanging in Background, Harris & Ewing, 1928
Louise Mountbatten, (1889-1965), Crown Princess of Sweden, later Queen of Sweden through her Marriage to Gustaf VI Adolf, Portrait
Baroda, India: January 11, 1926. A group photograph of the 50th anniversary of the reign of His Highness, The Gaikwar of Baroda. He is seated in the center, surrounded by his mInisters of States.
William Howard Taft Receiving Telephone Call from U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt informing him that he had been nominated as Republican Candidate for U.S. President, Photograph by George W. Harris, Harris & Ewing, June 1908
William McKinley, President of the United States, Stereo Card, Underwood & Underwood, 1900
Mrs. Roosevelt, at home in the White House, Washington DC, USA, Stereo Card, Underwood & Underwood, 1903
Margaret Sanger (1879-1966), American Birth Control Activist, Sex Educator and Nurse, Seated Portrait, Harris & Ewing, 1931
Margaret Sanger (1879-1966), American Birth Control Activist, Sex Educator and Nurse, Seated Portrait, Harris & Ewing, 1932
New York, New York: October 23, 1946. President Harry Truman makes his formal welcoming speech to the members of the UN General Assembly at its opening session in NY.
Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, Smiling, Portrait
King Edward VIII, of United Kingdom, as Prince of Wales, Portrait, 1911
William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States (1909-1913), Portrait, 1908
Hollywood, California: 1930 Edmund Lowe and Leila Hyams in the comedy film, 'Part Time Wife'.
Country Music Star Carl Smith
Isadora Duncan
Women In A Large Office
Hattie Caraway, U.S. Senator from Arkansas, Portrait at Desk, 1943
Mary Teresa Norton, 1st Woman from Democratic Party Elected to Congress, Portrait Seated at Desk, Washington DC, USA, 1943
U.S. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, Seated Portrait during Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA, Harris & Ewing, April 1936
United States: c. 1926 Reflections on a summer day of a young woman sitting on a rock in a pond with a canoe beside her.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States 1901-09, Three-quarter Length Seated Portrait, Photograph by C.M. Bell, 1903
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson (far left) and his Cabinet Members Seated around Table, Washington, D.C., USA, Photograph by Barnett McFee Clinedinst, 1913
U.S. President Richard Nixon and Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev, Seated Portrait, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, photograph by Warren K. Leffler, June 18, 1973
U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the White House during a fireside chat on the Panama Canal Treaty, Washington, D.C., USA, photograph by Marion S. Trikosko,
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger meeting with U.S. President Richard Nixon, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, photograph by Marion S. Trikosko, March 22, 1974
U.S. UN Ambassador Daniel P. Moynihan and U.S. President Gerald Ford, seated Portrait, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Marion S. Trikosko, August 27, 1975
U.S. President Jimmy Carter, seated portrait during Interview, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Marion S. Trikosko, May 24, 1977
Tokyo Rose
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower with U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (right) in Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, photograph by Marion S. Trikosko, December 11, 1957
U.S. President Gerald Ford preparing for the first debate with Jimmy Carter, in his office at the White House, Washington, D.C., USA, photograph by Thomas J. O'Halloran, September 23, 1976
Massachusetts Congressman Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Half-Length Portrait sitting at Office Desk and holding Sheet Music, Washington, D.C., USA, photograph by Thomas J. O'Halloran, August 1957
United States: c. 1929. An art class in a Girl Scout Sylvan Camp.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara (right), U.S. President Lyndon Johnson and U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk, seated at a table after McNamara's return from South Vietnam, Washington, D.C., USA, photograph by Warren K. Leffler, July 21, 1965
Palm Beach, Florida: c. 1929.An attractive young woman wearing a headscarf sitting by the side of a pool.
Woman Writing At Her Desk
Dr. James Watson And DNA Helix
Berlin, Germany: c. 1929.Pupils at the Dorothea School for gymnastics wash their feet before stepping into the showers after their gym workout.
Albany, New York: c. 1835 An engraving by E. Prudhomme of American physician Theodric Romeyn Beck who specialized in medical jurisprudence and wrote the first significant book on forensic medicine.
United States: October, 1909.An office interior with men and women workers.
W.C. Fields Playing Poker
Typewriting Championship
Washington, D.C.: February 23, 1931 Assistant Attorney General John Lord O'Brian at his desk.
New York, New York: May, 1949 The World-Telegram newspaper editorial staff at the city desk.
London, England: c. 1962 The Shell Centre's Punch Unit in the Data Processing Centre where incoming documents are transribed on to punch cards.
Washington, D.C.: July 20, 1929 Census Bureau employees work on one of the new machines that will be used to tabulate the 1930 census.
Washington, D.C. July 3, 1958 Teamster president James Hoffa (right) with Longshoreman president William V. Bradley as they announced plans to form a conference of transportation unions with the National Maritime Union.
Paris, France: c. 1929.The opening of the International Congress of Women Doctors in Paris. A vote by raised hands is taking place on a proposed ammendment by Mme Thuiller-Landry.
Hollywood, California: c. 1933.A film still with a young man in an office setting being taken away by a police officer.
Civil Rights Demonstrators Maintain All-Night Vigil at White House, Washington DC, USA, March 18, 1965
A Lonely Diehard Fan
Dwight F. Davis, Governor-General of the Philippine Islands, Malacanang Palace, Manila, P.I., U.S. Army Signal Corps, September 26, 1929
CHILD LABOR, c1916.
Shoveling Horse Manure
American Stage and Film Actress Betty Ross Clarke, Half-Length Publicity Portrait, Evans L.A., early 1920's
Aneurin Bevan, Welsh politician
Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson and Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward III of United Kingdom and Dominions of British Empire, seated Portrait, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City, New York, USA, Toni Frissell Collection, May 1966
James Rudolph Garfield (1865-1950), American Politician and Lawyer, son of U.S. President James A. Garfield, Served as Secretary of the Interior during Theodore Roosevelt's Administration, Seated Portrait, 1907
Ex-President Grover Cleveland at home in Princeton, New Jersey, USA, Stereo Card, Underwood & Underwood, 1906
Edith Roosevelt (1861-1948), First Lady of the United States 1901-1909 as Wife of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, Seated Portrait on Bench, Holding Parasol, 1904
Edith Roosevelt (1861-1948), First Lady of the United States 1901-1909 as Wife of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, Seated Portrait holding Book, Photograph by S. Schloss, 1901
Edith Roosevelt (1861-1948), First Lady of the United States 1901-1909 as Wife of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, Three-Quarter Length Seated Portrait, 1905
Edith Roosevelt (1861-1948), First Lady of the United States 1901-1909 as Wife of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, Full-Length Seated Portrait Holding Fan, Photograph by George Prince, 1903
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) 26th President of the United States 1901-09, Three-Quarter Length Seated Portrait, Harris & Ewing, 1907
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States 1901-09, Half-Length Seated Portrait, Photograph by Moffett Studio, Chicago, 1910
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States 1901-09, Three-quarter Length Seated Portrait Outdoor, July 1903
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States 1901-09, Seated Portrait, 1912
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States 1901-09, Seated Portrait next to Globe, 1905
Theodore Roosevelt, Full-Length Portrait Seated in Chair Outdoor, August 1900
Theodore Roosevelt, Three-Quarter Length Portrait, Seated in Armchair with small Roll of Paper in Left Hand, Painting by Johann Waldemar de Rehling Quistgaard, 1913
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States 1901-09, Three-Quarter Length Seated Portrait, Photograph by Underwood & Underwood, 1910's
Full-length Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt during U.S. Presidential Campaign, September 1912
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt Sitting at Desk Reading, Photograph by Harris & Ewing, 1906
U.S. Secretary of War William Howard Taft with Elihu Root, Photograph by Barnett McFee Clinedinst, 1904
William Howard Taft (1857-1930), 27th President of the United States 1909-1913, 10th Chief Justice of the United States 1921-1930, Half-Length Seated Portrait, 1915
William Howard Taft (1857-1930), 27th President of the United States 1909-1913, 10th Chief Justice of the United States 1921-1930, Three-Quarter Length Seated Photograph by Schervee & Bushong, 1910
William Howard Taft, Half-Length Portrait while Serving as U.S. Secretary of War, Photograph by Julius Caesar Strauss, 1907
William H. Taft, seated in a wicker chair, while Heading up the 2nd Philippine Commission (aka Taft Commission), Manila, Philippines, early 1900's
U.S. President William Howard Taft (left) with Supt. Sidney Williamson (center) during Construction Inspection of Panama Canal, Photograph by Harris & Ewing, November 1910
Interview with Lt. Commander John S. McCain, Vietnam POW, photograph by Thomas J. O'Halloran, April 1973
U.S. President Gerald Ford aboard Air Force One during Presidential Campaign Trip, photograph by Thomas J. O'Halloran, September 1976
Alice Paul (1885-1977), American Suffragist, Feminist, and Women's Rights Activist, Portrait, Harris & Ewing, June 1919
Margaret Sanger (1879-1966), American Birth Control Activist, Sex Educator and Nurse, Seated Portrait, New York City, New York, USA, Bain News Service, 1916
Birth Control activist Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) with Fania Mindell inside Birth Control Clinic, Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, USA, Bain News Service, 1916
Cuban Leader Fidel Castro, Full-Length Portrait, waiting to speak before General Assembly, United Nations, New York City, New York, USA, October 13, 1979
U.S. President Jimmy Carter, seated Portrait with American Flag, Washington DC, USA, Bernard Gotfryd, 1977
U.S. President Jimmy Carter sitting with Notebook, Bernard Gotfryd, late 1970's
U.S. President Jimmy Carter, full-length seated Portrait, United Nations, New York City, New York, USA, Bernard Gotfryd, October 4, 1977
U.S. President Jimmy Carter, head and shoulders Portrait with American Flag, Washington DC, USA, Bernard Gotfryd, 1977
Edna Murphy, Head and Shoulders and Seated Publicity Portraits, Motion Picture Classic Magazine, May 1927
Haile Selassie (1892-1975), Emperor of Ethiopia, Portrait Writing Letter to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt Upon his Return to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia after Allied Defeat of Italian Fascist Occupation Forces, Office of War Information, 1941
Children Drawing at Desks in Classroom, Greenhills, Ohio, USA, a Greenbelt Community Constructed by U.S. Department of Agriculture as Part of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, John Vachon for U.S. Resettlement Administration, October 1938
Mrs. Marguerite Lehand, Personal Secretary to President Franklin Roosevelt, Seated Portrait at Desk, Washington DC, USA, Harris & Ewing, 1938
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, Seated Portrait at Desk, Washington DC, USA, by Fred H. White, 1907
New York, New York: July 14, 1924 Young men enjoy the opening of the world's largest indoor pool in Madison Square Garden during these sweltering days of July.
Young Patricia Mountbatten
Womens Rifle Team
Baiting The Hook For Fishing
Entrance To North Palace
Cats Composing
Rocky Mountain Touring Cars
John Hancock, American Political Leader, President of Continental Congress, Engraving
Alexander Hamilton, Early American Statesman
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th President of the United States, 1861-65, Photography by Mathew Brady, 1864
William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925), American Politician and participant in the Famous Scopes Trial of 1925, Portrait, circa 1910
Prince Albert, Consort to Queen Victoria, Portrait, circa 1860
Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, formerly Margaret Emerson, Portrait, circa 1910
Aleppo, Syria: 1915 U. S. Consul Jesse Jackson at his office in the Consulate. He is credited with saving the lives of thousands of Christian Armenians from the Turks.
Washington, D.C.: c. 1934 The United States ambassador to Japan, Joseph Clark Grew.
Alexander von Humboldt
Portrait Of John Dollond
Father Of Civil Engineering
Naturalist Sir Joseph Banks
Philosopher Edmund Burke
Bakersfield, California: November, 1936 This 80 year old woman is originally from Oklahoma, she's a grandmother of 22 children, and is now living in a camp outside of Bakersfield.
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt and Governor Richard Yates, Jr., Springfield, Illinois, USA, Stereo Card, C. E. Wasson, August 30, 1901
John Tyler (1790-1862), Tenth President of the United States 1841-1845, Seated Portrait, Engraving, C.M. Bell, 1870's
Washington, D.C.: 1953 Portrait of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
William Shakespeare
Champion Speed Typist
Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States, Lithograph by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg, Published by George Whiting, New York, 1860
Betty Compson, George Bancroft, on-set of the Silent Film, "The Docks of New York", 1928
Nude Woman Seated at Dressing Table, 1923
John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), American Statesman, 7th Vice President of the United States 1825-32 and U.S. Senator from South Carolina 1845-50, Seated Portrait, Steel Engraving, Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America by Evert A. Du
United States: c. 1928 A man wearing a Davy Crockett outfit with a coonskin cap and a musket.
Washington, D.C.: May 8, 1945 U.S. Acting Secretary of State Joseph Clark Grew stresses 'unfinished business' in the Pacific during a V-E Day broadcast from the U.S. State Department.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) 26th President of the United States 1901-09, Three-Quarter Length Portrait, Photograph by Arthur Hewitt, June 7, 1901
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States 1901-09, Half-Length Portrait Seated at Desk, 1905
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States 1901-09, Seated Portrait at Desk Looking Up, Photograph by Waldon Fawcett, 1903
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States 1901-09, Seated Portrait at Desk, Photograph by Barnett McFee Clinedinst, 1904
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States 1901-09, Seated Portrait at Desk, 1905
Korean President Syngman Rhee
Earl Browder, former Communist Party General Secretary in the U.S., starting new job as Representative for Soviet Publishers, which has become an Object of Interest by the U.S. State Department, Portrait on Telephone in his Office, New York City, New York
Harry Bridges Deportation
Integrated classroom at Anacostia High School, Washington, D.C., USA, Warren K. Leffler, 1957
Judge Monaghan At Thaw Trial
Theodore Roosevelt, the Nation's Chief, Executive Offices, Washington, USA, Stereo Card, H.C. White Co., 1908
Mathilde Krim (1926-2018) Medical Researcher and founding Chairman of American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR), seated Portrait, 1987
U.S. President William Howard Taft sitting at his Desk, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, 1912
U.S. President William Howard Taft Reading at his Desk, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Photograph by Barnett McFee Clinedinst, 1909
United States: c. 1920 The barn cats looking for some warm milk as the farmer is milking the cows.
Bedridden Executive
Young British Woman Judge
Old And New Telephones
Workers Making Money
Arab gathering with P.I.O at Y.M.C.A,1941
United States: c. 1957 An Air Force pilot sits at the controls of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft.
Two Women Talking
Long Island City, New York: August 20, 1945.People applying for jobs at the U.S. Employment Services office.
Hollywood, California: c. 1959 Actor William Demarest in the television series 'Love and Marriage'.
Chauffeurs Relax To Radio
Women Laughing On Coffee Break
Passengers Dining On Train
New York, New York: 1947 Women taking the qualifying exam for the New York City police force.
Las Vegas, Nevada: 1967 The Fremont Hotel has had a new Sylvania closed-circuit television system installed in the gambling casino's money counting room.
Newspaper Editorial Staff
A Nurse For The Courts
School Nurse Checks Child
SS California Crew On Strike
Two Women Seated on Table, "Where Did you get Those Girls?"' Hand-Colored Postcard, circa 1916
Seamstresses on Lunch Break, Holding Keep Smiling Signs, circa 1914
Gabriele d'Annunzio toasting with the Officers during the Occupation of Fiume