Picture of the Week
January - March 2008
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01-05-2008
See more exciting cabs, cars and enclosures in the Cabs, Cars and Enclosures Folder!
Image provided by: Eric Sanders
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01-12-2008 
(1 of 2)
This elevator allowed President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a victim of polio,
to access his aircraft without being carried up and down the access stairs.
Image provided by: Sandi Johnson
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01-12-2008 
(2 of 2)
Image provided by: Sandi Johnson
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01-19-2008
"Hello! I'm helping elevatorbob modernize his escalator folder...in the mean time
why not visit the updated escalator portion of his Antique Conveyances Folder?"
(elevatorbob responds: "See why sometimes it takes so long to update my site?")
(elevatorbob's wife responds: "I'm gonna kick your ass next time I see you, Bob!")
Image provided by: Janice Reno
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01-26-2008
"Yes...I am riding on one of Macy*s famous wooden escalators in New York City, New York, U.S.A!"
More escalator images from around the world...
Image provided by: Trisha Warden
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02-02-2008 
Now this is a clean car top and hoistway...
Pinakothek der Moderne - a modern art museum in Munich, Germany
Image provided by: Herbie T. Mann
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02-09-2008 
We have very few entries for our "Awesome Caption Contest"
...let me show you how it's done!
Customer: "Our elevator doors won't close..."
Technician's Time Ticket: "Removed 'bootylicious' booty from hall door track."
Image provided by: Herbie T. Mann
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02-16-2008 (1 of 2)
Creative advertising at its finest...
Image provided by: Herbie T. Mann
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02-16-2008 (2 of 2)
Every step is a new haircut in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) India
Image provided by: Herbie T. Mann
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02-23-2008 
(1 of 4)
Whoops...freight elevator eats Buick Electra!
Image provided by: Don Rosenberger
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02-23-2008 
(2 of 4)
The Postmaster Generals automobile ends up on top of the car!
Image provided by: Don Rosenberger
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02-23-2008 
(3 of 4)
The elevator was at a lower landing when the drivers foot slipped off the brake pedal
and onto the gas pedal. The doors were pushed into the hoistway but the
interlock remained closed. The car came up from below for a meal!
Image provided by: Don Rosenberger
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02-23-2008 
(4 of 4)
Aftermath...
More Call-Backs From Hell
Image provided by: Don Rosenberger
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03-01-2008 
A home designed to contend with a lot of water in Pointe Aux Chenes, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Looks like they sell vertical reciprocating conveyors as
private residence elevators down there...yeh hear!
Image provided by: Herbie T. Mann
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03-08-2008 (1 of 2)
Oh no...someone has a big problem!
Image provided by: Herbie T. Mann
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03-08-2008 (2 of 2)
Looks like I have the problem...thanks Herbie!
Image provided by: Herbie T. Mann
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03-15-2008 
Ever see one of these...see even more of them here!
Weyco pulp mill in Aberdeen, Washington, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Bill Durham
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03-22-2008
What are these firefighters looking for?
Find out here!
Image provided by: Fobert Taylor
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03-29-2008 
Jan Dumno informs me that, "This is REALLY missing in your new car-top section!!!!" He is correct!
This is an elevator in Vienna, Austria. As you can see it has only one suspension rope.
Jan says there are still many installations in Europe with only one suspension rope.
Image provided by: Jan Dumno (Winner of the Heavy Punctuation Award!)
Jan was also the winner of What Is This? - Contest #2 - Thanks Jan!
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