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Type E is a round concave black button, made through the 1960s and into the 1970s. They are sometimes mixed with Type F or triangle call stations, and used for door open and alarm buttons on some hydraulic elevators with Type H.
Rarity Rating: 9/10
Often incorrectly called L-Series, this was Haughton and Schindler Haughton's standard fixture line from the mid-1960s until Schindler Haughton was folded in 1989.
There are two types of buttons in this series:
Type F - "Mushroom" shape (1960s-70s)
Type H - flat (1970s-80s)
This series was offered with four indicators:
Metal plate with die-cut numbers
Segments that look like Type H buttons
LCD indicators (1980s, see below)
Projection indicators (1980s, see below)
Rarity Rating: 6/10
This fixture has no confirmed name. It is a variant of Type H with metal buttons and light-up numbers. This variant was probably only produced during the Schindler Haughton era (1980s), and is extremely rare, with only a few buildings known to have ever had it.
2000 Southfield Town Center, Southfield, MI
Liberty Center Parking Garage, Pittsburgh, PA (status unknown)
Boscov's, Granite Run Promenade, Media, PA (since modernized)
University Hospital Parking Garage, Columbia, MO (call stations only)
Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY (call stations only)
Imagination Station/Citiwalk Entrance, Toledo, OH (since removed)
Rarity Rating: 10/10
Schindler Haughton made a prototype fixture with square buttons. These look similar to Otis Series 1 and press like Type H. There is only one known full installation remaining.
Citiwalk, Toledo, OH
Renaissance Hotel, Toledo, OH (call stations only)
Rarity Rating: 10/10
During the Schindler Haughton era, some elevators with Type H buttons had digital indicators. They are 7-segment negative mode LCD displays, in green, blue, or purple. These indicators are very rare, and are thought to have been made by CE Electronics.
Schindler Haughton also offered a projection indicator similar to Otis's IEE indicator. This indicator was used with Type H buttons and is very rare.
These may have been made by CJ Anderson for Haughton.