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What Was the Office?

A look back at 150 years of cubicles, corner offices, all-nighters, and the holiday party.

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Size is a motif: InThe Hudsucker Proxy,industrial egos are bigger than the comically oversize furniture.

Filling a similarly enormous boardroom table with all Black executives made for one ofPutney Swopes most unforgettable images.

More recently, thanks to trick cinematography, the nearly boundless office of the CEO inMr.

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