Mar 31, 2011 - Sale 2241

Sale 2241 - Lot 225

Price Realized: $ 1,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(NEW YORK CITY.) Shreve, Lamb & Harmon. Elevator plans for the Empire State Building. 8 items, all pencil on paper or tracing vellum, most about 36 x 48 inches, two somewhat smaller; various conditions, most with no more than minor wear. New York, 1929-30

Additional Details

Designs for the original 64 elevators in the building's core, organized into 8 banks. Includes elevations of the elevator doors (see illustration), plans of the elevator shafts, details of elevator fixtures, and two schematic diagrams of the elevator service showing which floors are serviced by which banks. More details available upon request.