MA1286 1. VIEW INTO SHAFT ON FIRST FLOOR, SHOWING OPERATING ROPE TO RIGHT OF DOOR JAMB, OPENING AT LEFT TO FRONT PARLOR, LOOKING SOUTHEAST 2. VIEW OF ELEVATOR AT SECOND FLOOR BEDROOM, SHOWING ELEVATOR CAR IN THE "STUCK" POSITION, WHERE IT REMAINED FROM 1942 UNTIL REMOVAL IN 1985, LOOKING NORTHEAST 3. VIEW OF ELEVATOR SHAFT DOOR (CLOSED) ON LEFT IN THIRD FLOOR HALLWAY (CLOSET DOOR ON RIGHT), LOOKING NORTHEAST 4. VIEW LOOKING UP INSIDE ELEVATOR CAR; ORIGINAL GAS LIGHT REPLACED BY ELECTRIC LIGHT SHOWN 5. VIEW LOOKING DOWN ON TOP OF ELEVATOR CAR FROM THIRD FLOOR, SHOWING CROSSHEAD AND BROKEN ROPE SAFETY STOP MECHANISM INSIDE; GUIDES AT LOWER LEFT AND UPPER RIGHT; OPERATING ROPE AT LEFT 6. VIEWS OF BOTTOM OF ELEVATOR CAR 7. VIEW OF SHAFT ON FIRST FLOOR, SHOWING COUNTERWEIGHT AND ITS GUIDE AT LEFT, OPERATING CABLE AT RIGHT, CARLIGHT ELECTRIC CABLE IS LOOPED IN FRONT OF WINDOW 8. VIEW LOOKING UP INTO TOP OF ELEVATOR SHAFT FROM THIRD FLOOR, SHOWING OPERATING CABLES AT LEFT, MAIN CABLE IN CENTER, AND CAR GUIDE AT RIGHT 9. VIEW OF COUNTERWEIGHT (LEFT) AND HOIST SHEAVE (RIGHT) CABINET ON FOURTH FLOOR 10. VIEW OF ELEVATOR MACHINE ROOM IN BASEMENT BELOW SHAFT, SHOWING LOW CABINET THAT HOUSES HYDRAULIC CYLINDER AND CLOSET THAT HOUSES TRAVELING SHEAVES AT RIGHT; OPERATING CABLE SHEAVE AT TOP OF PICTURE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST 11. VIEW OF ELEVATOR MACHINE ROOM IN BASEMENT BELOW SHAFT SHOWING LOW CABINET THAT HOUSES HYDRAULIC CYLINDER AND CLOSET THAT HOUSES TRAVELING SHEAVES AT RIGHT, WITH CABINET AND CLOSET DOORS OPEN, LOOKING SOUTHEAST 12. VIEW OF ELEVATOR MACHINE ROOM, SNOWING LOW CABINET TEAT HOUSES HYDRAULIC CYLINDER AND CLOSET AT LEFT THAT HOUSES OPERATING VALVE, LOOKING NORTHEAST 13. VIEW OF ELEVATOR MACHINE ROOM WITH CABINET AND CLOSE DOORS OPEN, SHOWING AIR CHAMBER ON OPERATING SUPPLY LINE AT LEFT, FIXED SHEAVES, LOOKING NORTHEAST 14. VIEW OF OPERATING VALVE TO HYDRAULIC CYLINDER, SHOWING CAR OPERATING ROPE SHELVE, FIXED SHEAVES OF CYLINDER JUST VISIBLE BEHIND AIR CHAMBER PIPE; RISING THROUGH FLOOR ARE WATER DISCHARGE PIPE TO SEWER (LEFT) AND WATER SUPPLY FROM STREET MAIN (RIGHT); WATER CONSUMPTION METER MOUNTED TO WALL ABOVE OPERATING SHELVE 15. VIEW OF END OF HYDRAULIC CYLINDER AND TRAVELING SHEAVES; OBJECT AT RIGHT IS FURNACE GRATE 16. VIEW OF ROBERT VOGEL, CURATOR, DIVISION OF MECHANICAL & CIVIL ENGINEER, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, SITTING IN ELEVATOR CAR. MR. VOGEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE ELEVATOR TO THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION