I’d like to think the people in the doorway in frame 2 told this guy to show Everet the trick, and they were hiding in wait for him yo get clapped
Wagon, because trucks didn’t really exist yet to any wide extent.
It’s these old timey things that I like so much
I’m overthinking this but where is True supposed to be here? Did people work in offices with a lot of public foot traffic? Or is this supposed to be a library?
I’m guessing the hotel lobby had desks for some office work like how we’d have some public PC today
Indeed they did! For example this fancy room: https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2RGD7JF/the-strand-palace-hotel-the-strand-london-the-writing-room-2RGD7JF.jpg
Or, with the double desks featured in this comic, but somewhat less fancy: https://www.cardcow.com/images/set1016/card00039_fr.jpg
Ah, good thought!
Given the look of things, maybe a letter writing station? I don’t even know if those were a widespread thing.
Every hotel had a quiet writing room with the many accoutrements needed to write, seal and mail letters.
And, of course, a spittoon.
