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The tailor is seated at his desk, holding a piece of paper. Several drawings of women’s fashions are on top of another small desk, in front of the tailor. Additional drawings may be seen on the shelves of the desk. On the wall behind the tailor are…

The tailor is standing behind a cutting table on which are pattern pieces, rulers and yardsticks. A lamp hangs over the table. On the other side of the narrow room are cloth patterns and partially sewn dresses hanging on a clothes rack. Two women are…

Mr. Kiene is seated at a large roll-top desk. A telephone, papers and pens are on the desk. The cubbyholes and drawers on the desk are carefully labeled. Above the desk are photographs of family members, possibly including ones of his son and father.…

Two men are seated across from one another at a large table. Each man is wearing headphones and a megaphone-like device strapped to his chest and pointing towards his face. In front of each man is a large sheet of paper with writing on it. A…

A leather couch with an elevated end, and a pillow with an American flag motif, may be seen under a window in the two-room office suite. Over the couch are two framed photographs of Dr. Conzett’s dental fraternity brothers and dental surgery school…

Three tables and a small, wood and glass display case are arranged around the side walls of a small room. Two women, dressed in lacy blouses and long skirts, are standing near the display case. A sign above one of the women reads “Terms strictly…

Five men may be seen working in a large, dimly lit office. One man is standing behind a long wooden counter that extends along two sides of the space. A customer, possibly one of the photographers, is standing opposite the man, on the other side of…

A man is seated beside a large desk. A telephone, papers and several stamps are on the desk. Attached to the upper frame of the desk is a day calendar for "MON 10 JUN" advertising “Coates & Robinson Insurance and Surety Bonds Dubuque, Iowa.” Two…

In a narrow warehouse space equipped to serve as a shipping room, three men are posing near rolling wooden carts, stacks of wicker baskets, piles of boxes and rolls of paper-wrapped merchandise. One stack of boxes is labeled “Tanglefoot Fly Paper.” …

Six employees, four women and two men, are at work at their desks in this brightly-lit office illuminated by four tall windows and a skylight. Two electric calculating machines are placed near the desks. The floor is of a light-colored wood. A “Spahn…