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December 2003                                                                      Go to top

From two oilcans to a multimillion-dollar business
December 26, 2003

Awed by the demonstration
December 24, 2003

Rising at any desirable speed
December 22, 2003

An Otis factory for $13,000
December 19, 2003

London Underground, the Eiffel Tower and the Glasgow Harbor Tunnel, too
December 17, 2003

Otis around the world
December 15, 2003

An O.H. type on display
December 12, 2003

Service partnership
December 10, 2003

An Otis incline catwalk
December 08, 2003

A round elevator cab
December 05, 2003

Earls Court station
December 03, 2003

Otis introduces elevators pushed by water pressure
December 01, 2003

November 2003                                                                      Go to top

An easily recognized New York building with Otis elevators
November 26, 2003

Spreading from the U.S. to Europe
November 24, 2003

A 5.3-cent stamp with an elevator image
November 21, 2003

The gearless becomes the backbone of the industry
November 19, 2003

Riding a cushion of air to the Getty Center
November 17, 2003

The Demarest's 100 feet a minute elevator
November 14, 2003

Inside a broadcasting tower in Johannesburg
November 12, 2003

From E.G. to N.P.
November 10, 2003

A major step for Otis in France
November 07, 2003

A new name for a new device
November 05, 2003

A safety code for elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators
November 03, 2003

October 2003                                                                         Go to top

155 Broadway in New York
October 31, 2003

Holland's first 4-foot-wide escalator
October 29, 2003

Otis lifts the space program
October 27, 2003

An Otis in Symphony Hall
October 24, 2003

Otis cabins in vivid reds and greens
October 22, 2003

An electric elevator in every home
October 20, 2003

A No. 2 machine for a baker in St. John's, Newfoundland
October 17, 2003

Doors that 'politely reverse'
October 15, 2003

10,000 people in three days
October 13, 2003

Working magic with metals for Otis
October 10, 2003

A right-angle Otis first for Colombia
October 08, 2003

Not quite 6 feet
October 06, 2003

A colossal Otis 32R escalator
October 03, 2003

From a potato field to a modern industrial plant
October 01, 2003

September 2003                                                                     Go to top

'A vertical streetcar'
September 29, 2003

Underscoring Otis' safety features
September 26, 2003

A lift for Maxwell House guests
September 24, 2003

Ice cream, dance party and a first elevator
September 22, 2003

Otis' 150th anniversary sale
September 19, 2003

A Waygood Otis installation in Sydney
September 17, 2003

An ML-C type in Honolulu
September 15, 2003

Exhibiting a 1908 Buick in the lobby
September 12, 2003

Otis at sea with Queen Victoria
September 10, 2003

They once were Otis products
September 08, 2003

The 1949 Otis field staff in Hong Kong
September 05, 2003

Iron roller guides were part of the original Blackpool Tower Otis elevators
September 03, 2003

A complicated roping system for the Beaver Building
September 01, 2003

August 2003                                                                             Go to top

Otis grows with the city of Salisbury, Rhodesia
August 29, 2003

Resisting the sea air aboard the Cunard's Queen Mary
August 27, 2003

Otis installs a first at Broadway and Broome
August 25, 2003

A first truss moves from Bloomington to Korvette's in Flushing.
August 22, 2003

Two Otis elevators in Thailand's Yanhee dam
August 20, 2003

Otis-Pifre works with Post-Telefoon-Telegraaf
August 18, 2003

Otis and power from New Zealand's longest river
August 15, 2003

On the River Main in Frankfurt
August 13, 2003

Keeping level in a rolling sea
August 11, 2003

The quiet of the Otis factory in the middle of the day
August 08, 2003

Hauling 40,000 pounds in the Thabazimbi Mine
August 06, 2003

Using a gravity conveyor to move merchandise
August 04, 2003

Billboarding Otis and Carrier in the 1930s
August 01, 2003

July 2003                                                                                  Go to top

A hydraulic lifting a Navy plane
July 30, 2003

Four electrics attracting attention
July 28, 2003

Determined on the 82nd floor
July 25, 2003

Heralding its cargo and ultimate destination
July 23, 2003

An Otis inclined in Salvador, capital of the state of Bahia
July 21, 2003

Comforting mother and baby
July 18, 2003

The U.N., the Space Needle, Golden Gate Bridge -- Otis is there.
July 16, 2003

The value of Otis service
July 14, 2003

Murals by Japan's Seiji Togo
July 11, 2003

Servicing odd or even floors
July 09, 2003

Slow, reliable and cumbersome
July 07, 2003

An Otis steam-powered elevator for the Washington Monument

June 2003                                                                                 Go to top

A push-button Otis No. 0-H for Panama City
June 30, 2003

From the Seidelstrasse to the S Bahn
June 27, 2003

A first agreement for Otis in the USSR
June 25, 2003

State-of-the-art in Canada
June 23, 2003

A Broadway service office
June 20, 2003

A 'lift' for the guests
June 18, 2003

A view from Bedloe's Island and a much easier climb
June 16, 2003

A first in Tokyo, then Osaka and Yokohama
June 13, 2003

An Otis machine helps hold the water
June 11, 2003

High-speed doors for the Empire State Building
June 09, 2003

Styles change but the Otis birdcage lives on
June 06, 2003

Forklifts, trucks and elevators for short-haul moves
June 04, 2003

Number, please.
June 02, 2003

May 2003                                                                                   Go to top

Eleven Otis elevators on water
May 30, 2003

Ride a 1901 Otis for a stunning view of Lisbon
May 28, 2003

The dial in the masthead means extreme height
May 26, 2003

An Otis automobile for $3,000
May 23, 2003

A city on the Timor Sea receives its first passenger elevator
May 21, 2003

An exchange of Otis stock and a new owner
May 19, 2003

A department store's glowing balustrades
May 16, 2003

Safety clothing for novel jobs in 1918
May 14, 2003

Answering a safety problem
May 12, 2003

A British firm and Otis in Sydney
May 09, 2003

Escalator moves into the public domain
May 07, 2003

Salon Rojo, a bar with an escalator
May 05, 2003

Called Hobsons Buildings and a first for New Zealand
May 02, 2003

April2003                                                                                   Go to top

81 openings for the Empire State Building
April 30, 2003

Stockholders, dividend checks and $4
April 28, 2003

For a view from the top, elevators are a must have
April 25, 2003

A first elevator ride
April 23, 2003

A new factory in Brazil
April 21, 2003

The Maintaineer
April 18, 2003

Arizona's Verde Valley
April 16, 2003

The beginning
April 14, 2003

Otis and Japan's first skyscraper
April 11, 2003

Going up in Bermuda
April 09, 2003

Elevator operators
April 07, 2003

An elevator or a dewdrop?
April 04, 2003

An elevator in a cathedral spire
April 02, 2003

Remote Elevator Monitoring
April 01, 2003

March 2003                                                                              Go to top

An elevator for birds
March 29, 2003

Otis in Russia
March 26, 2003

A llama on an escalator
March 25, 2003

Is it an office or an elevator?
March 24, 2003