1934 · Bank Proof Machine · Werk 739 von 1.871

A bank proof machine of 1934 in a bank in New York, a desk-high cabinet of black enamelled steel with fine pale pinstripe lining, at the front left a sloping keyboard, its small round key tops seen at a slant as pale dots, a narrow slot in the desk top, behind it a taller closed box housing the sorting receptacles, from the top several narrow paper tapes rising side by side, a small gooseneck lamp, a woman in a dark dress seen from behind seated, right hand on the keys, left hand dropping narrow slips of paper seen edge-on into the slot, tall windows, daylight from the left.