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Otis Firsts Archives

August 2003

Globetrotting Percy Douglas pushed Otis out into the world
August 18, 2003

July 2003

Simple elevator concept permits first skyscrapers
July 16, 2003

June 2003

Hard biscuits and a need for an elevator
June 16, 2003

May 2003

A promise of the best, safest elevator
May 19, 2003

April 2003

A 'first' palace elevator
April 16, 2003

March 2003

An 1862 service contract
March 21, 2003

 

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Stacked elevators on New York's Pine Street
Escalators in the gaslight era
'Thinking' elevators replaced attendants in early 1950s