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Otis Opened Elevator Factory

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Elevator in Lord and Taylor department store

The elevator--Otis's new invention took people higher than ever before, like this one at Lord & Taylor

CREDIT: Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc. "Lord & Taylor, Business in West Hartford, Connecticut. Elevator and Birdcage." May 25, 1953. Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America: Photographs by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner, 1935-1955, Library of Congress.



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