- Ethnohistorical collection
Piggy bank home
In-house piggy bank from the Canadian branch of the US-based Western Savings & Loan Association. The metal case is predominantly beige and red. A blue plaque identifying the institution is affixed to the base.
- Accession Number 2020.02.292
- Fabricant / Éditeur Chicago Thrift Company
- Period 1st half of the 20th century
- Materials metal
- Measurements 7,5 x 10 x 6,5 cm
Historical context
La position géographique et économique du Canada le prédispose à développer des pratiques d’épargne comparables à celle des États-Unis. Au-delà des principales banques à chartes et de l’implantation des banques étasuniennes, de multiples institutions financières se forment dans toute la première partie du 20e siècle. Elles adoptent le système des tirelires mis au point en 1890 par l’américain Charles Owen Burns. Les ...
- Accession Number 2020.02.292
- Fabricant / Éditeur Chicago Thrift Company
- Period 1st half of the 20th century
- Materials metal
- Measurements 7,5 x 10 x 6,5 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, 2020.002.0292
Photo by Louis-Etienne Dore
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