Hammermill Paper's jobs-of-1950 collage

I love everything about this old Hammermill Paper ad -- it's part Richard Scarry jobs-you-can-do collage, part propaganda for the wonder of paper, and all awesome.

Hammermill Paper

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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True, I sure couldn’t stay in business without my printer. So why has it started squeaking every time I ask it to print a couple pages?
http://twitter.com/bartockbatz Rick Dekkard

Today most of those folks in that graphic would be Asian or Mexican
- EH
  
  Oscar’s in Accounting, you insensitive clod!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Rick-Adams/100000053021803 Rick Adams

There’s a job called “conference?” I want that job.
- xzzy
  
  You have to become a manager first. Shortly after that your entire work week will be consumed by meetings/conferences. The only time subordinates will be able to find you to discuss anything will be in the parking lot. Which will generally result in scheduling a conference to deal with whatever the crisis is.
  
  Short version: be careful what you wish for.
carillon246

Looking at “Stenographic” and wondering what happened to the ladies who typed
http://www.facebook.com/postelwait Cameron Postelwait

been trying to get a job in the conference dept for years.
http://factoidlabs.com mack

Does this mean there’s no future for me here in the Motor Pool?
Rosetta Maranos

When Dunder Mifflin ruled the world. The guy in the middle bottom is even wearing a shirt in Dwight Shrute mustard.
PinkWithIndignation

There are ladies in almost every area. Applicable to the job description or assumed secretaries? It’s nice someone even thought to put them in though!
- nixiebunny
  
  The lady’s job is to do all the work. The man’s job is to collect all the money.
kraut

Love the paper spreadsheet in accounting… it’d be so good to take Excel away from people and give them one of those instead ;)
SomeGuyNamedMark

They left out “quietly sobbing at your desk”
oldtaku

So white. And I don’t mean the paper.
jimkirk

No design group? No engineering? Where do their product designs come from?
- http://factoidlabs.com mack
  
  WHAT? THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS! TOO IMPRESSIVE AND IMPORTANT FOR SILLY THINGS LIKE PRODUCTS! NOW GET YOUR MARLBORO BUTT OFF MY DESK, YOU’RE BURNING THE EDGE! THAT’S MAHOGANY, YOU IDIOT!
lev36

Hey, isn’t that Roger Sterling in the middle there?
pjcamp

Seriously? Conference is a job?
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  Conference job is good job.
http://profiles.google.com/marc.k.mielke Marc Mielke

That ad looks very similar to the board game “The Boss”: