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Marie Šechtlová. Charles Bridge, 1960s
images that haunt us

Milada Einhornova ::
“It’s not easy to be a father”, Prague, 1955. Gelatin silver Print. / source: Dorotheum

Josef Sudek :: Charles Bridge and Rudolfinum, Panorama, Prague, 1959 / src: vintageworks

Electric elevator desks in Prague, 1937
/ unknown photographer
Though it looks like something out of Brazil (the movie directed by Terry Gilliam, 1985), these desks were real. The Central Social Institution in Prague was home to the world’s largest vertical file cabinet, with over 3,000 drawers. The desks could move up, down, left, and right at the push of a button. (src: KevlarYarmulke on Reddit)