Business Cards of NCR Company Representatives
date: label: date made
content: ca 1950
name: label: maker
content: National Cash Register Company
notes: label: Description
content: These two business cards are for New Hampshire representatives of cash register manufacturer NCR. One is for Arlin B. Warren, the other for A.C. Lyford.
label: Description
content: The cards were received with an NCR credit register (1987.0751.01), a hinged parallel rule (1987.0751.02), and an issue of NCR’s sales publication <I>The Hustler</I>.
label: Description
content: A 1930 city directory for Manchester, New Hampshire, lists Amos C. Lyford and gives his address as 1204 Elm St., the address listed on the business card. He is listed in 1945 and 1958 city directories as associated with NCR.
label: Description
content: City directories for Manchester, New Hampshire, from 1942 and 1952 list Arlin B. Warren as a salesman for the National Cash Register Company. The card lists Warren’s address as Manchester, New Hampshire. Also stamped the card is an address in Claremont, New Hampshire. Hence the very rough date of 1950 assigned to the cards.
label: Description
content: The cards were received with an NCR credit register (1987.0751.01), a hinged parallel rule (1987.0751.02), and an issue of NCR’s publication <I>The Hustler</I> (1987.0751.03).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Dayton
label: owner, prior
content: United States: Ohio, Cleveland Heights
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Business
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Cash and Credit Registers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0751.04
label: accession number
content: 1987.0751
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0751.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cards, Group Of 2
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 cm x 5 cm; 3 17/32 in x 1 31/32 in