They look like early 20th century accounting offices, when a lot of that was rote copy work (no copy machines, after all!). Like the office from The Crowd (1928

They look like early 20th century accounting offices, when a lot of that was rote copy work (no copy machines, after all!). Like the office from The Crowd (1928): https://c8.alamy.com/comp/HBKHYR/the-crowd-1928-HBKHYR.jpg https://c8.alamy.com/comp/HBKHYR/the-crowd-1928-HBKHYR.jpg Sorry for the crappy watermarked image, best I saw. Movie’s pretty good if you can tolerate silent films.