Office Equipment Collection

Russell T. Edward, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Russell T. Edward, between 1910 and 1920
Russell T. Edward, between 1910 and 1920. First World War: American civil servant typing a letter from the National War Garden Commission. A poster encourages people to grow their own food

Group: William Gibbs McAdoo, 3rd from right, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Group: William Gibbs McAdoo, 3rd from right, between 1910 and 1920. American lawyer and politician William Gibbs McAdoo Jr

International High Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
International High Commission, between 1910 and 1920. American lawyer and politician William Gibbs McAdoo Jr. (2nd left) was the husband of Eleanor Wilson McAdoo

Hole punch used by Pullman porter Thomas McCord, 1940s. Creator: Unknown
Machine for punching tickets used by African-American porter Thomas McCord on the Pullman railway service. Being a Pullman porter was one of the jobs that helped build the black middle class in

Tabulating machines in the punch room in a Sheffield Factory office, 1963. Artist
Tabulating machines in the punch room in a Sheffield factory office, South Yorkshire, 1963. scene in the offices of the Edgar Allen Steel Company

Hollerith data machine in an office at the Edgar Allen Steel Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Herman Hollerith was born in 1860 of German parentage

Rank Xerox copiers at British Steel, 1962. Artist: Michael Walters
Rank Xerox copiers at British Steel, 1962. Women office workers from British Steel try out the latest in Rank Xerox copiers

Computer room, Huntsman House, Tetleys brewers headquarters, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 1968. The Tetley familys links with the beer industry reach back into the 1740s when William Tetley was described

Administration office at Huntsman House, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 1968. Huntsman House was the headquarters of Tetleys brewers

British Steel staff using the latest Rank Xerox copiers, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1962

Typo, typewriter advertisement, 20th century. A print from La Manufacture Francais D Armes et Cycles de Saint-Etienne, a French mail order catalogue

Typewriter patented by John Pratt in 1866 (1915)

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