Proof, Printing

Front Office, 2nd Floor for Mail Orders, Etc.

Proof of a lithograph from the Calvert Lithographing Company captioned in the upper right corner, "Front Office, 2nd Floor for Mail Orders, Etc.," showing men and women working a long rows of decks at D.M. Ferry and Company. Most workers have pens and paper, although a man near the center of the image speaks into a wax cylinder dictation machine, and a woman further in the background uses a typewriter. A door and two large window panes divide the room, and the cashier's counter is visible beyond. Two scale lines, marked AA and BB are printed below the image.