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Global Positioning: 1915
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/03/2009 - 12:22pm.
Washington, D.C., circa 1915. "U.S. Geological Survey engraving room." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
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Tarzan of the maps
Submitted by Susan811 on Tue, 03/03/2009 - 7:13pm.
I have a desperate need to play Tarzan on those lamps.
Sinecure
Submitted by Carty the Cartographer on Tue, 03/03/2009 - 5:23pm.
Looks like a peaceful place to work.
The Light
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 03/03/2009 - 2:25pm.
So much natural light! Windows that might even open! I wish more workplaces today were that bright. Sure, you'd get some glare on computer screens, but it'd be worth it to not feel like you're trapped in a tomb.
Time coating
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 03/03/2009 - 1:57pm.
One can almost see the fine film of institutional dust layering on the eyelids of the workers.
Everybody actually working.
Submitted by Older than Yoda on Tue, 03/03/2009 - 1:38pm.
Not one person is playing computer solitaire, looking for a partner, forwarding jokes to friends, looking at porn or ordering stuff online. Can people today imagine that drudgery?
Art
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 03/03/2009 - 12:35pm.
I'm curious what's going on in that painting at the far end of the hall. Allegorical figure of cartography?
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