Actors interviewed visitors and registered them as members of the community in a setting that used vintage desks, file cabinets, wall maps and bulletin boards.
The demand from board schools, established after 1870, enabled further expansion in the market for general textbooks, school stationery, atlases and wall maps.
Big companies, like the fast-food and coffee giants, have also commissioned digital wall maps (with unlimited size) which highlight the locations of their outlets.