A Register or Book for Containing Photographs and Written Statements of Characters of Employees.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Oct., 1894-Accepted, 2nd Jan., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Register or Book for Containing Photographs and Written
Statements of Characters of Employees.
I, FREDERICK KEMP Licensed Victualler's Manager of 165 Mare Street
Hackney London N.E., do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
A book containing leaves inseparably attached to the cover, printed ruled &
prepared for the insertion in writing of particulars of a servant or employee's
character, duly vouched for by the signature of his or her employer & the said
cover containing on the inside an aperture or prepared place to hold the photograph
or likeness of the servant or employee to whom the written character refers, & by
means of which he or she may be indisputably identified, the said photograph being
officially sealed to guard against fraud or misrepresentation.
Dated this Second day of January 1894.
FREDERICK KEMP.
A Register or Book for Containing Photographs and Written
Statements of Characters of Employees.
I FREDERICK KEMP of 165 Mare Street, Hackney London, N.E., Licensed
Victualler's Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to a book or register, containing a sealed photograph,
together with characters of employé, and the object of it is to prevent situations
being obtained by means of false references.
Referring to the accompanying figures, which are to be taken as part of this
Specification & read herewith,
Fig. 1 is the outside cover of book, having 2 die sunken spaces, on "a" the name
of employé being written, "b" the address of employment agency or office through
which the said employé is seeking or has sought employment. "c" is an elastic
band attached "d" space left for postage stamps.
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Fig. 2 is the inside of same corer,
being the slot in which a photograph or
likeness can be placed "f" being the official seal from office or employment
agency.
Page 1 contains instructions as to use of book, the remaining pages contain
queries respecting character of owner of photograph and space for signature of late
employer.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my invention,
& in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
1. That the name written in space on cover defines whose photograph is inserted
& that the official address being written on the other space, enables the book to be
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page_text: sent by post without re-addressing, the elastic band being the means of keeping
book closed.
2. That the sealed photo. together with character of employé is new, also that it
would to a great extent, if not wholly, do away with written characters or discharge
sheets, being sold or exchanged, & situations obtained by means of false references,
as the photo. is a means of identification with the owner of character.
Dated this 17th day of December 1894.
FRED. KEMP.