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Vintage Images of Famous People in Their Work-From-Home Spaces

Photo Credit:  Library of Congress / Corbis / VCG via Getty Images
Photo Credit: Library of Congress / Corbis / VCG via Getty Images

Working from home, or ‘WFH,’ became commonplace during the COVID pandemic. But it’s not nearly as new a concept as you might think. In fact, people have been working at home much longer than they’ve worked in offices.

From Agatha Christie to Mark Twain, here are vintage photos of some of the most brilliant and creative minds in history as they work their magic right from the comfort of their own homes.

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein sits at a desk in his study
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Here is the German-born American physicist Albert Einstein at home in his study in Princeton, New Jersey, taken in 1951.

Leo Tolstoy

The writer Leo Tolstoy is seen writing at home
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The Russian author Leo Tolstoy, who penned the famous novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, is pictured working in his home. He was 80 years old when this photo was taken in 1908.

Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud is seen reading a manuscript at his desk
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Here is Sigmund Freud, the founding father of psychoanalysis, reviewing a manuscript in his Vienna home. The photo is dated 1930.

Anna Freud

Anna Freud seated at her desk in front of a bookshelf
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Like father, like daughter. This is Anna Freud, the daughter of Sigmund Freud, who also became a psychoanalyst. She’s pictured at home in this 1920 photo.

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie using a typewriter in her home office
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Iconic detective novelist Agatha Christie works on a typewriter at her home in Devon England, in 1946.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. looks through books while seated in his home office
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The civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. is seen in his study in this 1956 photo taken in his Montgomery, Alabama home.

Mark Twain

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Photo Credit: Culture Club / Getty Images

Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, writes in his study at Quarry Farm, Elmira, New York, where he created the iconic characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.

Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison sits in front of a large bookshelf as he inspects one of his inventions
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The prolific inventor Thomas Edison is pictured in his New Jersey home, tinkering with one of his many creations.

Bruce Fenton

Bruce Fenton is one of the authors writing for The Vintage News