Cash register used by The Chicago Defender
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th Century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: National Cash Register Company, American, founded 1884
label: Used by
content: The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
notes: label: Description
content: Cash register made by the National Cash Register Company and used by The Chicago Defender. The cash register has a light brown body with a dark brown base and middle section. The keys are orange, green, yellow, and white. A green smiley-faced sticker is affixed to the front. There is a tin [Cashier] sign on back.
place: label: Place used
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Communication
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Technology
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.18.3
objectType: label: Type
content: cash registers
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 19 3/4 × 17 1/2 × 16 in. (50.2 × 44.5 × 40.6 cm)