St. Louis Cash Register
date: label: date made
content: ca 1915
name: label: maker
content: St. Louis Cash Register Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This cash register has a wooden case with glass-covered pop-up indicator numbers at the back. A metal lever that moves laterally across the front of the machine points to multiples of 5 from 5 to 95. On the right is an auxiliary lever for indicating amounts from 0 cents to 4 cents. On the left is another auxiliary lever for indicating 0, 1, or 2 dollars, hence the cash register indicates amounts up to $2.99. When the pointer-lever is depressed, the dollar, multiple of 5 cents, and 0 cent to 4 cent amounts are indicated on separate indicators at the back of the machine.
label: Description
content: A window in the front of the machine is above the scale for the pointer. It is supposed to be covered with a shutter which can be opened only with a lock and key, keeping a secure record of transactions. No lock or key is evident.
label: Description
content: The wooden cash drawer has six compartments for coins and three for paper bills. A spring at the back of the drawer keeps it in place.
label: Description
content: The Model 106 is not listed in McCarthy in 1924, although other St. Louis cash registers are. The company is not mentioned in the 1928 edition of the book.
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content: References:
label: Description
content: Richard R. Crandell and Sam Robbins, <I>The Incorruptible Cashier</I>, vol. 2, Vestal, N.Y.: Vestal Press Ltd., 1990, pp. 80–84, 319, 320.
label: Description
content: James H. McCarthy, <I>The American Digest of Business Machines</I>, Chicago, 1924, pp.160–162, 585.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Missouri, St. Louis
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Business
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Computers & Business Machines
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content: Cash and Credit Registers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of H. & S. Freezer Food Center
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0735.01
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0735.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0735
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cash register
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 53 cm x 42.5 cm x 45.3 cm; 20 7/8 in x 16 23/32 in x 17 27/32 in