{"product_id":"c-1930-s-american-depression-era-art-deco-style-cast-bronze-up-and-down-elevator-car-field-building-push-button-backplate","title":"c. 1930's american depression era art deco style cast bronze \"up\" and \"down\" elevator car field building push button backplate","description":"original american depression era solid cast bronze art deco style wall-mount elevator car call push button backplate purportedly salvaged several years ago from the lasalle national bank building (formerly known as the field building). the oversized bronze metal backplate retain the original ball-shaped buttons attached to the backside of the plate. the \"up\"  and down\" lettering is accentuated (from the backside) by ruby red and emerald green glass, which would have been illuminated when the buttons where depressed. the exact fabricator is not known. nice and even surface patina. the extant bank building is an art deco style structure in the lasalle street corridor, located in downtown chicago. the construction of lasalle national bank building was completed 1934 as a 45-story skyscraper. the architectural firm was graham, anderson, probst \u0026amp; white. it is considered the last major office building built in chicago prior to the great depression\/world war ii construction hiatus. much equipment in this building were very modern (e.g. high-speed elevators and air conditioning) when it was completed in 1934. the world's first skyscraper, the home insurance building, and some other buildings around it stood there before construction of this building (1931). this was the last office skyscraper in chicago until 1955(one prudential plaza). the vast majority of the building's rentable area was occupied by the lasalle national bank, with the remainder occupied by various private tenants. as was customary in the 1930's, the building does not have a 13th floor. measures 10 1\/2 x 4 x 1 inches.","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50670129283370,"sku":"UR-17168-13","price":525.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0959\/7075\/4858\/files\/20130416-007x_2.jpg?v=1760161700","url":"https:\/\/urbanremainschicago.com\/products\/c-1930-s-american-depression-era-art-deco-style-cast-bronze-up-and-down-elevator-car-field-building-push-button-backplate","provider":"Urban Remains Chicago","version":"1.0","type":"link"}