Attributing to Otis Elevators. This Fan call does not have the Otis emblem but has Otis numbering on reverse. Numbered what looks like 1893SW1. Seen these said to be designed and fabricated by or for the Otis Elevator Company but no Otis emblem. These do not come around that often.
Measures 5 5/8″ tall, 2 3/8″ wide. Has nice weight for size at close to 1/2 pound. What makes this unusual is the glass window is still intact that reads Fan. Found some fun reading about this famous company from the great Wikipedia at bottom!
Has scratches, scuffs, nicks, tarnishing verdigris and still looks great! Cool find! Has added hole topside so maybe panel was repurposed, hole is little off center, the 2 mounting holes have casting around then so they probable are the original mounting holes.
Guessing made 1930’s. Cool Old Elevator Fan Panel!! Please check pictures for description and condition Found some fun info on elevators from the great Wikipedia
The booming elevator market
In 1852 Elisha Otis invented the safety elevator, which automatically comes to a halt if the hoisting rope breaks. After a demonstration at the 1853 New York World’s Fair, the elevator industry established credibility.
Otis elevator in Glasgow, Scotland, imported from the U.S. in 1856 for Gardner’s Warehouse, the oldest cast-iron fronted building in the British Isles.
The Otis Elevator Company was founded in Yonkers, New York, in 1853 by Elisha Otis. When Elisha died in 1861, his sons Charles and Norton formed a partnership and continued the business. During the American Civil War, their elevators were in high demand due to the shipment of war materials. Businesses throughout the United States purchased them. In 1864, with the partnership of J.M. Alvord, the company became known as Otis Brothers & Co. In 1867, Otis opened a factory in Yonkers, New York, the city where the company was founded.
In 1925, the world’s first fully automatic elevator, Collective Control, was introduced. In 1931, the company installed the world’s first double-deck elevator in New York City.
Otis opened a factory in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1965.
Fayette S. Dunn became president of the company in 1964, succeeding the late Percy Douglas.
