Office Collection (page 32)

The Woolworth Building, New York. It was built in 1913, and was the tallest building in the world between 1913 and 1930 at 241 meters tall. Date: C. 1913

Park Row Building, New York. A pioneering steel framed skyscraper in the citys financial district. (119 meters tall) Date: 1910s

Proclamation of World War One, outside War Office
A scene outside the War Office on Whitehall, London, on the proclamation of war on Germany in 1914. Crowds of men on the street by the equestrian statue of Prince George

Daily Mail newspaper artists office
Photograph of the art department of the Daily Mail, with illustrators working on pictures at large tables in the days when illustration was still as important as photography in newspapers

Advert for the National Savings Committee 1942
The gift that grows. National Savings gift tokens. Heres the simple answer to all your gift problems this christmas - gift tokens

New Tube Railway for Mail by G H Davis
A diagram giving the details of the post office tube between Paddington and Whitechapel, built at the time at a cost of 1, 500, 000

Poster, Czechoslovak Recruiting Office, WW1
Poster issued by the Czechoslovak Recruiting Office during the First World War, giving hopes of a national revival. Date: 1914-1918

Cartoon, British father wheeling pram, WW1
Cartoon of a British father wheeling a pram past a Post Office during the First World War. He is looking at the War News of battle casualties, and comments: What a life

Letter returned to sender, WW1
A letter addressed to a Mr Loewenthal, a British subject living in London, returned to sender in Hamburg " owing to state of war"

Marie Francois Goron - French Detective
Marie Francois Goron behind his desk - Detective - renowned chief of the Paris S�, the citys investigative unit. Date: 1902

Sir Kingsley Wood visits the RAF in France, 1939
Sir Kingsley Wood (1881 - 1943), Secretary of State for Air pictured during a tour of the R.A.F. in France, the first British Defence Minister to visit British Forces overseas in 1939

Advert from the National Saving Committee 1942
Its just a game to-day, to-morrow he ll be in earnest. His dad say hes a bright boy with a bright future. But what are his chance of real success

Cover design, Telephone Numbers book
Cover design for a Telephone Numbers book, depicting a woman writing at a desk with a telephone next to her

Woman and dog, North Ballachulish Post Office, Scotland
Woman and dog in the doorway of the North Ballachulish Post Office, Scotland

Group photo, 2nd Rawalpindi Division, India
Group photo, men of the 2nd (Rawalpindi) Division, Murree, India. A board behind them shows who belongs upstairs and who belongs downstairs. Date: 1913

Postcard, Czechoslovak Recruiting Office, WW1
Patriotic postcard issued by the Czechoslovak Recruiting Office during the First World War, showing a Czech soldier appealing to his fellow-countrymen living in America to join him

Cottage buildings in remote landscape
Cottage buildings in a remote landscape, possibly in the north of Scotland. A sign on the building on the left reads: Telegraph Office

Advert for Saving Bonds for your childrens future 1942
Playing at it to-day - tomorrow he ll be in earnest. Today he plays... tomorrow he lives - for hes one of the people of tomorrow. His turn will come

Sir William G. Granet, Vanity Fair, Spy
SIR WILLIAM GUY GRANET (1867-1943) Italian born, British railway administrator, becoming general manager of the Midland Railway (later the London, Midland and Scottish Railway)

Sir Thomas B. Crosby (Mayor of London), Vanity Fair, WH
SIR THOMAS BOOR CROSBY (1830-1916) House surgeon at St Thomass Hospital and the first medical man to hold the position of Lord Mayor of London, as well as the oldest (at the time) being 81 years old

Three British soldiers outside Cypher Office, WW2
Three British soldiers outside a railway carriage being used as a Cypher Office during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

Oslo, Norway - Carl Johans Street
The Post Office on Carl Johans Street, Oslo (formerly Christiania), Norway Date: circa 1910s

Wine Office Court
Off Fleet Street : the location of the famous Cheshire Cheese tavern, Date: circa 1860

Navy Office Broad St
At a time when Britannia could fairly claim to rule the waves, the Navy Office in Broad Street was a hive of activity, though theres no sign of it in this print. Date: 1750

Bruce Castle, Tottenham : today it houses a museum containing the Post Office collection, handled by the Mary Evans Library. Date: late 18th century

Excise Office
The Excise Office in Broad Street. Date: 1830

The General Strike - demobilisation of volunteers 1926
Colonel St. John Fox, Commandant of the Headquarters Central Division of the Metropolitan Special Constabulary Reserve, addressing the division (including regulars)

Lord Kitchener leaving the War Office
Lord Kitchener (1850-1916), in his first public appearance as Secretary for War, leaving the War Office to attend his first cabinet meeting

Suffolk Thatcher
Thatching the old Post Office at Denston, a tiny hamlet in rural Suffolk, England. Date: 1940s

Excise Office Exchange
Interior of the Excise Office Exchange. Date: 1830s

Multi-Storey Car Park
An ugly new multi-storey car park, on the banks of the River Thames, London. Note the cranes and modern office blocks under construction behind and St. Pauls (left). Date: late 1960s

MODERN LONDON 1960S
New development in the City of London and the Old Bailey, showing modern office blocks which were built after World War Two. Date: 1960s

London Wall Offices
Tall modern office block buildings in London Wall, City of London. The decorated vehicles are part of the Lord Mayors Show, waiting to join the procession. Date: 1960s

Whitehall and Cenotaph
Whitehall, Westminster, London. Here is shown the Cenotaph, with the gleaming buildings of the War Office in the background and the dark shadow of the Treasury (left). Date: 1950s

Bertuccio Valiero
BERTUCCIO VALIERO 102nd doge of Venice wearing the traditional headgear of his office. Date: RULED 1656 - 1658

Zachary Taylor
ZACHARY TAYLOR American soldier and statesman, president 1849 - 1850 - he died in office. Date: 1784 - 1850

Charles William Sikes
Sir CHARLES WILLIAM SIKES Pioneer of Post-Office Savings Banks Date: 1818 - 1889

Express Newspapers H. Q
The Daily Express and Sunday Express newspaper offices, central London. Date: 1970s

Message Valve
A London office worker sending messages through a valve. Date: early 1930s

Secretary Taking Notes
A secretary takes notes as a man at a desk talks on the phone. Date: late 1960s

Singapore Raffles Square
Singapore. Raffles Square: office buildings and banks. Date: 1971

Carrying Mail Sacks
Trusty workers at the General Post Office, lugging huge sacks of heavy mail over their shoulders. Date: early 1930s

Catherine Maberly
The honourable CATHERINE CHARLOTTE MABERLY (nee Prittie) wife of Colonel W L M Maberly, of the Post Office, and a novelist in her own right. with her autograph Date: 1805 - 1875

Thomas Kirgate
THOMAS KIRGATE Printer at Strawberry Hill, near London - thats his printing office in the background - who printed the writings of Horace Walpole. Date: ? - 1810

N. E. Rowe, CBE, FRAeS, Royal Aeronautical Society Presid?
N.E. Rowe, CBE, FRAeS, Royal Aeronautical Society President 1955-1956, hands over the medal of office to E.T. Jones, CB, OBE, MEng, FRAeS, RAeS President 1956-1957

Yokohama, Japan - Prefectural Office of Kanagawa Date: 1930s

The Prefectural Office of Kanagawa, Yokohama, Japan
The Prefectural Office of Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama, Japan Date: circa 1910s

The Home Office and Treasury Building, Whitehall, London Date: circa 1910s

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