Correspondence in regards to installing an elevator at Naumkeag

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Correspondence in regards to installing an elevator at Naumkeag

Category: Archive

Property: Naumkeag

Title: Correspondence in regards to installing an elevator at Naumkeag

Type: Correspondence and communication

Description: Correspondence between the George T. McLauthlin Co., the United States War Production Board, and Mabel Choate (1870-1958) in regards to Choate's request to install a residential elevator (the HomeLIFT) at Naumkeag. Choate's initial request was delayed due to a general halt on installation during World War II and wartime restrictions on materials. Her request was ultimately approved by the War Production Board. The approval letter has handwritten notations about serial numbers and required documentation, likely from Choate or her staff. Included in the correspondence is a three page print advertisement for the HomeLIFT. Established in 1847 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, the Boston-based The George T. McLauthlin Co. was a machinery manufacturer that specialized in selling elevators and elevator-related products such as dumbwaiters.

Creator: George T. McLauthlin Co.

Date: 1942

Extent: 8 pages: 5 sheets of correspondence, 3 sheets of print advertisements

Object ID: NK.MS.214

Subjects: Elevators

Tags: HomeLIFT

Rights: CC BY-NC-ND The Mabel Choate Papers Regarding Naumkeag are the physical property of The Trustees of Reservations. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns.

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2016-05-18