Elevator cars, elevator entrances : catalogue no. 56

Publisher W.S. Tyler Company
Printer Bartlett-Orr Press American

On View Gallery Watson Library

In chromolithographs and line drawings, the Cleveland-based Tyler illustrates their opulent elevator entrances, lighting fixtures, paneling, ornamental friezes and pilasters, and ventilation grillework. Architect William Van Alen utilized Tyler technology to great effect: the Chrysler Building’s (1930) distinctive elevator doors are Metylwood, a patented Tyler product. The Museum’s collection also includes a full Tyler elevator car originally used at Rockefeller Center.

Elevator cars, elevator entrances : catalogue no. 56, W.S. Tyler Company

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Elevator cars, elevator entrances : catalogue no. 56, W.S. Tyler Company
Elevator cars, elevator entrances : catalogue no. 56, W.S. Tyler Company
Elevator cars, elevator entrances : catalogue no. 56, W.S. Tyler Company
Elevator cars, elevator entrances : catalogue no. 56, W.S. Tyler Company
Elevator cars, elevator entrances : catalogue no. 56, W.S. Tyler Company

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