- Ethnohistorical collection
Piggy bank automatic cash register
Automatic money box from Portland Savings Bank. The chrome-plated case is shaped like a book. It has several different deposit slots with graduations. The green edge features the bank’s information and promotional messages.
- Accession Number 2020.02.473
- Fabricant / Éditeur Standard Thrift Co.
- Period 1st half of the 20th century
- Materials metal, chrome
- Measurements 11,4 x 6,7 x 3,6 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. Les boîtiers restent la propriété de la banque et sont loués aux déposants afin qu’ils puissent les remplir, puis ...
- Accession Number 2020.02.473
- Fabricant / Éditeur Standard Thrift Co.
- Period 1st half of the 20th century
- Materials metal, chrome
- Measurements 11,4 x 6,7 x 3,6 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, 2020.002.0473
Photo by Louis-Etienne Dore
- On display
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