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A young man is seated at a long work table. On the table are a telephone, notebooks and a few papers. An intercom speaker appears to be suspended over the table. Another man is working at a roll-top desk next to the window at the rear of the office.…

Four men, dressed in overalls, caps and long-sleeved shirts with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows, are visible in this image. One man is filling a paper sack, which is resting on a scale. Another man is standing beside a work bench. On the bench…

In the office area of a larger room, a man, dressed in a suit, wearing a light colored straw hat and holding a cigar in one hand and a pencil in the other, is seated next to a desk. A male employee of the establishment appears to be writing on a…

Four workmen and a male supervisor are standing around two flatbed carts loaded with large, filled burlap bags. The words "Sugar," "100 Lbs. Net," and “California” are visible on one of the bags. To the side and behind the men are tall stacks of…

Five women and two men are working in a large room. Three of the women are standing at a long work table. Filled bags of coffee are visible on the table. Next to these bags, one woman is filling paper bags at a machine and placing them on the table…

One man is pushing a flatbed cart on top of which are two large, square packages labeled “Hawkeye No. 2 Choice Uncolored Japan Tea McFadden Coffee and Spice Co., Dubuque, Iowa" Behind and next to the man are similar packages labeled “Hawkeye No. 4…

Four men are working on the upper floor of a warehouse building of the McFadden Coffee & Spice Company. One man appears to be servicing a large machine. Behind this man are three hoppers full of spices, or perhaps different kinds of tea or coffee.…

Four women are seated at a long work table in a warehouse room. One is holding a bag under a small funnel at the base of a large machine. On the side of the machine, above the woman’s head, is a scale enclosed in a metal box with a glass window. …

Dressed in a dark suit, a grey haired man with a mustache is seated at a roll-top desk, holding a paper. Other papers and envelopes are on the desk. A telephone, books, a clock and an electric desk lamp are on the top of the desk. Also on top of the…

A man, dressed in a dark suit with a flower in his jacket lapel, is seated at a large desk. Papers litter the desktop. A framed photograph of a woman is on the top of the desk. Other photographs, diplomas and certificates are attached to the wall…