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minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·22 days agoI’m overthinking this but where is True supposed to be here? Did people work in offices with a lot of public foot traffic? Or is this supposed to be a library?
minus-squareRandomStickman@fedia.ioOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·22 days agoI’m guessing the hotel lobby had desks for some office work like how we’d have some public PC today
minus-squareRose Thorne(She/Her)@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·22 days agoGiven the look of things, maybe a letter writing station? I don’t even know if those were a widespread thing.
minus-squareverity_kindlelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-222 days agoEvery hotel had a quiet writing room with the many accoutrements needed to write, seal and mail letters.
minus-squareTar_Alcaranlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-222 days agoIndeed they did! For example this fancy room: https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2RGD7JF/the-strand-palace-hotel-the-strand-london-the-writing-room-2RGD7JF.jpg Or, with the double desks featured in this comic, but somewhat less fancy: https://www.cardcow.com/images/set1016/card00039_fr.jpg
I’m overthinking this but where is True supposed to be here? Did people work in offices with a lot of public foot traffic? Or is this supposed to be a library?
I’m guessing the hotel lobby had desks for some office work like how we’d have some public PC today
Ah, good thought!
Given the look of things, maybe a letter writing station? I don’t even know if those were a widespread thing.
Every hotel had a quiet writing room with the many accoutrements needed to write, seal and mail letters.
And, of course, a spittoon.
Indeed they did! For example this fancy room: https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2RGD7JF/the-strand-palace-hotel-the-strand-london-the-writing-room-2RGD7JF.jpg
Or, with the double desks featured in this comic, but somewhat less fancy: https://www.cardcow.com/images/set1016/card00039_fr.jpg