International
Revolving Door Company · TEL: 1-812-425-3311
2138
North Sixth Avenue, Evansville, IN. 47710 USA · www.internationalrevolvingdoors.com
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International
Revolving Doors
1942
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Architects, engineers, contractors and buildinq owners will be given better and more efficient service through the recent consolidation of the International, Van Kannel, and Atchison Revolving Door Companies.
Nearly all of the Revolving Doors now in use in this country were produced by these three organizations. Together, International, Van Kannel, and Atchison represent over a century of designing and manufacturing experience.
Combination of resources under one progressive management has resulted in production economies ... improved design ... interchangeability and standardization of basic parts.
Main office and manufacturing facilities are now at Evansville, lndiana, with sales and service offices in principal cities throughout the country.
See list on back of this catalog for your local representative, Or see your telephone directory listing for "Revolving Doors".
Because they save heating ond cooling dollars, handle entrance traffic better, save usable space, end drafts, dirt and noise. Revolving Doors are a necessity in every modern building.
l. MERCHANDISE MART. Chicago, Ill. Eight Revolving Doors (recently the ninth) handle the daily tide of traffic in this building, having the largest floor area of any building in the world. Architects, Graham, Anderson, Probst and White.2. CHRYSLER BUILDING, New York. Only Revolving Doors could serve in face of terrific suction drafts at the entrance of this tallest of buildings. Building proper is served by 11 Revolving Doors. Schrafft's (tenant) uses 4. Architect, William VanAlen.
3. EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, New York. Tall buildings have such high wind velocities at the entrance that it is impossible to operate swing doors. Revolving Doors are not affected by wind pressure.
4. TELEPHONE BUILDING of Southern New England, New Haven, Conn. 900 to 1200 employees, and hundreds of business callers daily go through the three Revolving Doors at the main entrance. Architects, R. W. Foote and Douglas Orr.
5. STATE OFFICE BUILDING, Albany, N.Y. This new 22-floor buildinq has 4 Revolving Doors, bringing the total used by the 6 buildings in the group to 22. Architects, Sullivan Jones, Wm. E. Haugaard.
6. CENTRAL TOWER, San Francisco, Cal. (originally the "Call" Building). Built in 1898, it withstood the earthquake of 1906 but was gutted by the fire and rebuilt. Remodeled in 1938. Has one Revolving Door. Architect, Albert. F. Roller.
7. ROCKEFELLER CENTER, New York. Comprising 14 buildings covering 12 acres. Its doors each day pass 150,000 persons. Entrances, tenants, etc., use 22 Revolving Doors.
8. MATHER TOWER. Chicago, Ill. This graceful office building has been served continuously by Revolving Doors since it was built. Architect, Herbert Hugh Riddle.
9. MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. The Revolving Door here assures freedom from noise, drafts, and protection from dirt, more important than other economies. Architects, Phillip L. Goodwin and Edwin D. Stone.
10. S. C. JOHNSON BLDG., Racine. Wis. With functional beauty his object, Architect Frank Lloyd Wright used 4 "All-Glass" Revolving Doors together with 20 swing doors as auxiliary.
11. BONWIT-TELLER, New York, world famous specialty shop, chose Revolving Doors to preserve air-conditioned comfort right up to the entrance.
12. TRIBUNE TOWER. Chicago. Since 1925 two Bronze Revolving Doors have handled the daily traffic through this monumental building. Architects, Howell and Hood.
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