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Washington, D.C., January 1921. "American Federation of Labor." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
Both women have those giveaway facial expressions, pretending to be busy at their work while they know full well a cameraman has his sights on them.
You can't have too many rubber stamps, I've always said. One of my favorite things to order when I was in charge of ordering stuff.
Is it my imagination, or is the Shorpy search box missing?
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Ah. Happens to my brain, too, although more and more it doesn't come back.
" ... date me unless you have a lot of ... "
No clue about the names of these lovely women, but I am sure that whoever shares the office with them was not a card-carrying member of the "clean your desk" club.
20th Century paraphernalia strewn all over the place: ledger, typewriter, rubber stamps, filing cabinets, card files, radiator, inkwell, roll-top desk, Labor Unions and people that were referred to as "girls."
Would love to know exactly what the sign on the desk says, but there seems to be an elbow in the way. "You're too young to _________ money." Any ideas out there?
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