Bad Koenig-Zell, Germany, was the first place to host the Office Chair Racing Championship. Around 70 people participated!
The Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia was all about new office equipment and furniture. The exposition featured fancy rolltop desks and novel new filing systems.
The first commercial offices began to appear in industrial cities throughout the the northern U.S.
The Modern Latin word "desca" means "table to write on," and this gave birth to the word "desk".