Vintage photos of offices show how the workplace has changed

"Thanks to the popularity of shows like "Mad Men" and "Masters of Sex," people love to see what offices have looked like over the past century ... often through dense clouds of cigarette smoke. Before email, Teams calls, and Slack, messengers wearing roller skates passed notes between office workers, while laptops were preceded by typewriters, calculators, and stacks of paper."

"And while some office complexes for major firms today - think Nvidia's futuristic office in Santa Clara or Apple's Cupertino headquarters - feature vast atriums filled with trees or outdoor amenities like swimming pools and volleyball courts, some 20th-century office workers were lucky if they got a window. These vintage photos of offices reveal how far companies have come in regard to technology, interior design, and even safety."

Office workspaces have changed dramatically in technology, layout, amenities, and safety over the past century. Employees returning to offices sometimes encounter limited space and bedbugs while many workplaces favor open floorplans over small cubicles. Work tools evolved from typewriters, calculators, and stacks of paper to laptops and digital communication like email, Teams, and Slack. Messengers once wore roller skates to pass notes between workers. Some modern corporate campuses feature vast atriums, trees, swimming pools, and volleyball courts, while many earlier workers lacked windows. Vintage office photographs illustrate these transformations in equipment, interior design, and workplace conditions.

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