Piggy bank pocket
Pocket money box. The small metal case is flat, round and has a slot on the side. The top is covered with illustrated celluloid with promotional inscriptions.
- Accession Number 2020.02.550
- Period 1st half of the 20th century
- Materials metal, chrome
- Measurements 1,4 x 6,4 cm
Historical context
From the last decade of the 19th century onwards, many American financial institutions adopted the 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.
However, between 1910 and 1920, a wide variety of piggy banks a...
- Accession Number 2020.02.550
- Period 1st half of the 20th century
- Materials metal, chrome
- Measurements 1,4 x 6,4 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, 2020.002.0550
Photo by Louis-Etienne Dore
- On display
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