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
From the last decade of the 19th century onwards, many American financial institutions adopted the portable piggy bank system developed in 1890 by the American Charles Owen Burns. These boxes became one of the banking institutions’ preferred means of promoting savings. They appealed to the many manufacturers on the market, the vast majority of whom offered similar models.
Although these piggy banks were particularly well esta...
- 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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