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Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Nation's Business." A look behind the scenes at the offices of that magazine. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
in 1999. Here is a link to back issues of Nation's Business 1912-1999.
In the early 1920s, the editorial staff of Nation's Business, headed by Merle Thorpe, worked out of offices in the Mills Building at the intersection of Pennsylvania Ave. and 17th Street NW. The Mills Building would be replaced in the 1960s by a modern building that is also known as the Mills Building. Nation's Business presumably moved into the new headquarters building of its owner, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, at 1615 H. St. NW, when it was completed in 1925.
The taller building visible through the window looks very much like the Commercial National Bank Building on the NW corner of 14th & G NW.
get me the number of that wallpaper contractor.
I wish I could see more of the photo on the wall to the left.
I would really like to peruse that copy of "The Price of Inefficiency"
This kid would be at least 96 now, depending on how old the picture was at the time. His great-great-great-grandchildren could be looking at this now.
Looks like he's gazing at Windows 1.0!
The three books on the right are available for free at archive.org, just in case anyone's interested.
Is that the Chicago Manual of Style near the left end? I have a much more recent edition, but it's nice to know it has a long heritage.
Is that a double inkwell?
It's very businesslike.
Black ink for most stuff.
Red ink used sparingly.
The typewriter being on a folding platform to the right of the kneehole.
That book's title sounds like a manifesto for a modern day tragedy waiting to happen. I hope nobody ever steals this guy's stapler.
$6 in 1920 is equal to $71.36 today according to the CPI Inflation calculator.
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