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Background imageTypist Collection: WW2 Poster -- Join the ATS

WW2 Poster -- Join the ATS
Fill his place in jobs like these Join the ATS. Colour photolithograph recruitment poster, artist unknown, published by HMSO. Showing a cook, a clerk, a typist and a driver. Date: 1940

Background imageTypist Collection: Grannie Typist

Grannie Typist
88-year-old Mrs Caroline Blore, using her own typewriter in her back garden

Background imageTypist Collection: Cartoon - sex before marriage?

Cartoon - sex before marriage?
"You won't marry a man who snores in bed? But darling, how are you going to find out?" An interesting comment on the question of sex before marriage. Date: circa 1940

Background imageTypist Collection: Diana Vaughan

Diana Vaughan
DIANA VAUGHAN, the American ex-satanist who purportedly revealed the vile secrets of freemasonry : in fact it was all a spoof on the Catholics, and she was Taxils typist

Background imageTypist Collection: WW2 - The Girls Of Today, Careless Talk

WW2 - The Girls Of Today, Careless Talk
A WW2 children's book illustration from The Girls Of Today. Hush Hush! Said the typist, I work on a secret Government task. Unseen and unheard these office girls show by keeping it dark

Background imageTypist Collection: WW2, Tappety-Tap

WW2, Tappety-Tap
An illustration which portrays a wartime girl using a typewriter, acting as a typist for her father who is serving in WW2. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageTypist Collection: Advert, Smith Premier, Three Typewriters in One

Advert, Smith Premier, Three Typewriters in One. Date: 1907

Background imageTypist Collection: Comic postcard, Wife visits husband at his office

Comic postcard, Wife visits husband at his office Date: 20th century

Background imageTypist Collection: Comic postcard, Wife visits husband at his office Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Wife visits husband at his office Date: 20th century

Background imageTypist Collection: Comic postcard, Scene at secretarial college

Comic postcard, Scene at secretarial college Date: 20th century

Background imageTypist Collection: Comic postcard, Man and woman with typewriter

Comic postcard, Man and woman with typewriter in an office Date: 20th century

Background imageTypist Collection: Comic postcard, Man trying to type a letter

Comic postcard, Man trying to type a letter Date: 20th century

Background imageTypist Collection: Comic postcard, two storks on a roof

Comic postcard, two storks on a roof Date: 20th century

Background imageTypist Collection: Typing pool, Ministry of Pensions, Westminster House

Typing pool, Ministry of Pensions, Westminster House
Typing pool at the Ministry of Pensions, Westminster House, London

Background imageTypist Collection: Miss Cotter Ludey, Managing Director of a London business

Miss Cotter Ludey, Managing Director of a London business
Miss Cotter-Ludey, who started life as a typist, is became managing director of a successful London business with big connections abroad

Background imageTypist Collection: ROYAL TYPEWRITER

ROYAL TYPEWRITER
A typist using a Royal manual typewriter. Date: 1930s

Background imageTypist Collection: Blind Typists - Royal Normal College, Upper Norwood

Blind Typists - Royal Normal College, Upper Norwood
Blind Typists - Royal Normal College for the Blind, Westow Street, Upper Norwood, London. Taking down a telephone message in shorthand

Background imageTypist Collection: 1960S TYPIST

1960S TYPIST
A typist (or perhaps the secretary or the Receptionist) at Barnabys Picture Library types out a letter on Company letterheaded paper. Date: 1960s

Background imageTypist Collection: World Champion Typist - Albert Tangora

World Champion Typist - Albert Tangora
Albert Tangora (1903 1978) set the world speed record for sustained typing on a manual keyboard for one hour, 147 words per minute, on October 22, 1923

Background imageTypist Collection: Blonde Typist 1960S

Blonde Typist 1960S
An attentive blonde typist or secretary, poised for dictation over the keyboard of her typewriter

Background imageTypist Collection: Diana Vaughan Affair

Diana Vaughan Affair
Diana Vaughan, American ex- satanist, reveals the horrors of Freemasonry to the edification of the Catholic Church, but oh gosh ! she is simply Leo Taxils typist

Background imageTypist Collection: Susi - with kitten and typewriter

Susi - with kitten and typewriter. 1950s

Background imageTypist Collection: Young woman working at a computer in a solicitors office

Young woman working at a computer in a solicitors office. circa 1990

Background imageTypist Collection: Susi - with manual typewriter

Susi - with manual typewriter
Susi - standing on top of a manual typewriter, her back paws on the keys. 1950s

Background imageTypist Collection: The Nose Game - Commercial Nose E2

The Nose Game - Commercial Nose E2, Denotes Shrewdness. 1927

Background imageTypist Collection: Air crash investigation, clerical staff at work

Air crash investigation, clerical staff at work
Air crash investigation, three clerical staff at work in an office. Date: 1960s

Background imageTypist Collection: Young woman with notebook and pen

Young woman with notebook and pen
Young woman with shorthand notebook and pen -- a typical secretary. circa 1960s

Background imageTypist Collection: Carnival float, The Typists Dream

Carnival float, The Typists Dream, showing young women in holiday attire, as if on a beach, rather than sitting in an office typing

Background imageTypist Collection: Stressed Secretary

Stressed Secretary
A stressed-out secretary or typist answers an unpleasant telephone call. Date: 1978

Background imageTypist Collection: Computer operators

Computer operators
A female operator checks the terminal of a large IBM computer. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Background imageTypist Collection: New Worker - Fisher & Ludlows, Tipton

New Worker - Fisher & Ludlows, Tipton
A photograph taken for an advertisement for the Daily Mirror of the type of New Worker the paper was trying to attract into its readership

Background imageTypist Collection: Typist of the Twenties

Typist of the Twenties
A typist of the twenties

Background imageTypist Collection: TYPIST & BOSS, 1890

TYPIST & BOSS, 1890
A lady typist and her employer

Background imageTypist Collection: Typing a Letter / 1960S

Typing a Letter / 1960S
A young woman wears her hair in a short, fashionable bouffant style typical of the 1960s. The sides and back are angular, with soft curls on the top

Background imageTypist Collection: Efficient Typist

Efficient Typist
An efficient typist or secretary working at her desk

Background imageTypist Collection: 1970S TYPIST

1970S TYPIST
A typist working alone in an office, surrounded by files, filing cabinets and a rather full in-tray

Background imageTypist Collection: German Typist Typing

German Typist Typing
A German typist at her machine

Background imageTypist Collection: TYPIST 1940S

TYPIST 1940S
A blonde typist rolls the paper up out of the typewriter as she checks a letter for errors

Background imageTypist Collection: Girl with Olivetti

Girl with Olivetti
This typist is delighted with her new Olivetti typewriter - her colleague is delighted for her, but envious for herself

Background imageTypist Collection: Dictating to Typist

Dictating to Typist
A businessman smokes his cigar while he dictates to his typist


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