1965 · Letter Coding Desk · Werk 752 von 1.871

A coding station of an automatic mail sorting installation of 1965 in the post office hall in Pforzheim, a pale grey enamelled sheet-metal tower two metres high with a front leaning backwards, in the front two narrow vertical slot tracks holding envelopes seen edge-on, from its top a slim pale conveyor arm curving overhead, in front a narrow pale box table carrying a compact keyboard unit with small round blank key tops and a small viewing pocket holding one envelope, back side toward the lens, a woman seen from behind on a round swivel stool, dark sleeveless dress, white pumps, a second identical station soft in focus behind, fluorescent light from above.