- Ethnohistorical collection
Piggy bank automatic cash register
Automatic money box from the US branch of the Norway Plains Savings Bank. The chrome-plated case is cylindrical in shape. It has several different deposit slots with graduations. On the top there’s a hole and a plaque with the name of the institution.
- Accession Number 2020.02.470
- Fabricant / Éditeur Nat. Rec. Safe Co.
- Period 1st half of the 20th century
- Materials metal, chrome
- Measurements 6,3 x 9,2 cm
Historical context
À partir de la dernière décennie du 19e siècle, de nombreuses institutions financières étasuniennes adoptent le système des tirelires portables mis au point en 1890 par l’Étasunien Charles Owen Burns. Ces boîtiers deviennent un des moyens de promotion de l’épargne privilégiés des institutions bancaires. Elles font appel aux nombreux fabricants présents sur le marché, la grande majorité d’entre eux proposant des modèl...
- Accession Number 2020.02.470
- Fabricant / Éditeur Nat. Rec. Safe Co.
- Period 1st half of the 20th century
- Materials metal, chrome
- Measurements 6,3 x 9,2 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, 2020.002.0470
Photo by Louis-Etienne Dore
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