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A woman sits at a small desk in the outer room, while Otto F. Lange sits at his desk in the inner office of the Royal Union Mutual Life Insurance Company in room 316 of the B & I building. The woman’s small desk is equipped with a typewriter,…

11 women work in an unidentified dressmaker's shop in the B & I Building. There is a woman working at an ironing board in the foreground at left, and a dressmaker's dummy on a table in the foreground at right. Nine of the women are working at tables…

Two dentists work on patients (the man in the chair in the foreground is one of the itinerant photographers) in an unidentified corner office in the B & I Building. A partition and curtains separate the work spaces. A sign on the partition reads: “An…

Austin Cooper Waller (in the foreground) and another man sit, working at separate desks, in an office of the Bradstreet Company, rooms 301-303 in the B & I Building. These men also appear in KL 136-373. The number “159” has been written on the…

Two women are seated at desks and three men stand in the outer office of the Bradstreet Company, rooms 301 to 303 in the B & I Building. The man in the light suit standing below the clock is the same man who is seated at the far desk in KL 135-357.…

A man sits at a typewriter next to a telegraph machine and a second man stands in this stock exchange room in the B & I building. The negative is heavily damaged. The number “161” has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is visible…

Jessie M. Keys (at the desk) sits with two other women in the office of the Visiting Nurses Association, room 308 of the B & I Building. There is a cot against the wall at left, and a screen at right. The number “162” has been written on the emulsion…

A bearded man works at a table in a large, unidentified office in the B & I Building. There is a roll-top desk behind him. Hanging from a picture rail on the back wall is a map of Iowa with pins covering the northeast part of the state. A June, 1912…

Seven men and one woman work in a large Standard Oil Company office, rooms 201-202 in the B & I Building. Photo KL 141-264 pictures the second part of this office. A day calendar reading, “Monday, June 10” hangs from a pillar at right. Through the…

A woman (also seen in KL 140-255) and two men work in a large Standard Oil Company office, rooms 201-202 in the B & I Building. Photo KL 140-255 pictures the first part of this office. A June, 1912 calendar hangs on the back wall. The number “165”…