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January 22, 2020

Interior Views of the Central Social Institution in Prague,
Czechoslovakia, 1937

 January 22, 2020     1930s, architecture & construction,
Czechoslovakia, Prague   
The Central Social Institution in Prague was home to the world's
largest vertical file cabinet. It consists of 3,000 drawers, 10 feet
high, reaching from floor to ceiling and covering approximately 4,000
square feet. The drawers are all equipped with roller bearings.

Special desks were built for those working at the files. They are, in
essence, electrically operated elevators, controlled by a touch of a
button, which rise or descend, move to the right or left and stop
before the desired drawer.

The drawers themselves are electrically opened and shut. With this
installation it is now possible for 20 workers to do what formerly
required the services of 400.

There are many jobs in which distribution of the work only results in
confusion. In this case, eliminating help expedites progress.

These amazing photographs below show men working in mobile work
stations used to access the card catalog drawers in the Central
Social Institution, Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) in
1937.

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2 comments:

 1. [blogger_lo]
    UnknownJanuary 27, 2020 at 6:25 AM

    In my fantasy, I imagine Kafka gliding around in one of those
    desks, contemplating the modern condition of man as he does his
    actuarial work. I know the timing is wrong, but still...

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 2. [blogger_lo]
    WhumpaJanuary 31, 2020 at 12:12 AM

    Not Kafka, Phillip J. Fry.

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