As the elevator gained popularity in the late 1800s, it had a profound effect on the way we organize our cities and ourselves. It was also blamed for a rise in crime, for causing something called brain fever, for destroying civil society, and more.
1945: Mayor Issues Plea for End of Striketrello1945
Asks Elevator Men to Return to Jobs 'as a Token of Good Faith' to Fellow-Workers Mayor La Guardia appealed directly to striking elevator operators to call off their strike "as a token of good faith to your fellow wage-earners in this city, to organized labor," in his monthly broadcast over WJZ last night.
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