LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![[Man at desk reading typewritten pages]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvbWFuLWF0LWRlc2stcmVhZGluZy10eXBld3JpdHRlbi1wYWdlcy02NDAuanBn/320/239/jpg "[Man at desk reading typewritten pages]")
![[Murray Kempton, half-length portrait, seated at typewriter, turned slightly left] / World Telegram & Sun photo by Al Ravenna.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvbXVycmF5LWtlbXB0b24taGFsZi1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc2VhdGVkLWF0LXR5cGV3cml0ZXItdHVybmVkLXNsaWdodGx5LWxlZnQtOWI1Yjg5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Murray Kempton, half-length portrait, seated at typewriter, turned slightly left] / World Telegram & Sun photo by Al Ravenna.")
![[Man slumped over desk] - Drawing. Public domain image.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvbWFuLXNsdW1wZWQtb3Zlci1kZXNrLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/36/webp "[Man slumped over desk] - Drawing. Public domain image.")
![[Man sitting outside shed reading paper]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDcvMDEvMDEvbWFuLXNpdHRpbmctb3V0c2lkZS1zaGVkLXJlYWRpbmctcGFwZXItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/44/webp "[Man sitting outside shed reading paper]")
![[Crowd of people seated around table watching man read document]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvY3Jvd2Qtb2YtcGVvcGxlLXNlYXRlZC1hcm91bmQtdGFibGUtd2F0Y2hpbmctbWFuLXJlYWQtZG9jdW1lbnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/45/webp "[Crowd of people seated around table watching man read document]")
![[Man operating machine at desk]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjMvMDEvMDEvbWFuLW9wZXJhdGluZy1tYWNoaW5lLWF0LWRlc2stNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Man operating machine at desk]")
![[Unidentified man, seated at desk]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLW1hbi1zZWF0ZWQtYXQtZGVzay0zLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/48/webp "[Unidentified man, seated at desk]")
![[Unidentified man, seated at desk]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLW1hbi1zZWF0ZWQtYXQtZGVzay0xMS02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Unidentified man, seated at desk]")
