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Chris Higgins
Photos of Early Office Computing
by Chris Higgins - May 5, 2009 - 10:25 PM

WebUrbanist has a gallery of early office computing scenes, complete with lots of punched cards, reel-to-reel tape, dumb terminals (with awesome Star Trek designs), and hot hot fashion. (Literally, the clothes look uncomfortably hot. And itchy.) Here are a few favorites:

Office scene 1

Office scene 2

Office scene 3

Check out a bunch more, including some awesome Desk Set scenes.

See also: Old Computer Ads, 13 Nostalgia-Heavy Commercials To Make You Pine For 1987, and On the Typography of “Mad Men.”

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Comments (3)

  1. Don’t forget the old black&white movie Desk Set with Katherine Hepburn who was being replaced by a computer.

    It would not let me put in the link but go to Google images and type in Katherine Hepburn Desk Set

    posted by drHowad on 5-5-2009 at 11:13 pm

  2. I’m so glad I wasn’t working during those days. Although I have to admit, as a Star Trek fan, those offices sure give the bridge-of-the-Enterprise vibe.

    posted by Joe on 5-6-2009 at 3:43 am

  3. I remember many of these. Actually we still have an office with the 1970’s Orange colored drawers. One of the options when buying mainframes in those days was colors; Harvest Gold, some kind of blue, green, and orange.

    Captcha: fodder assistant

    posted by Stew on 5-6-2009 at 9:44 am

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