- Ethnohistorical collection
Piggy bank mobile
Portable piggy bank from US bank Bank of Berea. The metal case is rectangular in shape. It has a handle and a slot on the top. A hole is located on the side. On the front, there’s a lock and a plate with the bank’s logo.
- Accession Number 2020.02.321
- Fabricant / Éditeur American Service Company
- Period 1st half of the 20th century
- Materials metal
- Measurements 8,8 x 11,9 x 6,3 cm
Historical context
L’Américain Charles Owen Burns est l’instigateur des tirelires comme outil de promotion de l’épargne. Son brevet d’invention de 1890 présente un système de collecte de l’épargne sous la forme d’une boîte métallique, propriété de la banque qui est louée au déposant afin qu’il puisse la remplir, puis déposer ses épargnes en banques.
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- Accession Number 2020.02.321
- Fabricant / Éditeur American Service Company
- Period 1st half of the 20th century
- Materials metal
- Measurements 8,8 x 11,9 x 6,3 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, 2020.002.0321
Photo by Louis-Etienne Dore
- On display
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