McCaskey Register Co. 1940s Metal Sales Credit Receipt Holder, Alliance OH, USA
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McCaskey Register Co. 1940s Metal Sales Credit Receipt Holder, Alliance OH, USA
This really cool pieces measures about 7.5" x 3.5"
The insert reads as follows.
To avoid many chances of error and loss of time in handling our accounts in the old way, we have adopted the McCaskey Account Register System. This system enables us to carry out the duplicating and forwarding idea, thereby reducing the possib...ility of errors to a minimum. When you place an order with one of our solicitors, or with one of our salesmen, at our place of business, or by mail or by phone, same will be taken in duplicate. With each purchase you will not only receive an itemized account of what you buy and the total of that purchased, but also the total amount of your indebtedness to us. File all our sales slips in this holder, the last on top; then, by referring to the top slip, you can tell at a glance just how your account stands. SEE TO IT that you get a sales slip with each purchase, as it is a duplicate of our account against you. Manufactured by The McCaskey Register Co. Alliance, OHIO, U.S.A.Form C1520. Patents applied for.
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**Please note all sales are final. There are no returns, trades, or exchanges permitted. Please review photos closely as they are part of the item description. Described to the best of my abilities. Feel free to message me for additional details. The winning buyer is asked to please make payment within 3 days of winning this sale. Thank you!The McCaskey Register Company of Alliance, Ohio, manufactured systems for keeping track of accounts and credit registers from its organization in 1903 until its purchase by Victor Adding Machine Company in 1953. The firm was started by Perry A. McCaskey, a grocer in Lisbon, Ohio, who took out a patent May 19, 1896, for a “bill and account file” (#560523). He also patented a more complex “credit-accounting appliance” on December 30, 1902 (#717247). McCaskey continued to assign patents to the McCaskey Register Company through 1907, although ownership of the firm passed to others and several other inventors contributed to the product. This particular machine combines a system for keeping accounts with a cash drawer. It has a wooden base with a wooden roll-top cover. A slatted panel designed for holding credit slips fits over the cash drawer and a piece of glass that fits over the panel. A silver-colored metal compartment is on the front of the cash drawer, with five buttons at the top. A bell is at the back on the inside.McCaskey patents describe a system of credit slips that fit on bill-holders in the back of the machine. This machine has no bill-holders or slips.The donor dated this machine to 1893. However, it was made after the McCaskey Register Company was founded in 1903 and resembles McCaskey’s 1907 patent, hence the later date assigned.References:P. A. McCaskey, “Credit-Accounting Appliance, ” U.S. Patent 717247, December 30, 1902.Craig Bara and Lyle Crist, Alliance, Charleston, SC: Arcadia Press, 1998, 29.Richard R. Crandall and Sam Robins, The Incorruptible Cashier, vol. 2, Vestal, N.Y.: Vestal Press, 1990, pp. 318–319.
This really cool pieces measures about 7.5" x 3.5"
The insert reads as follows.
To avoid many chances of error and loss of time in handling our accounts in the old way, we have adopted the McCaskey Account Register System. This system enables us to carry out the duplicating and forwarding idea, thereby reducing the possib...ility of errors to a minimum. When you place an order with one of our solicitors, or with one of our salesmen, at our place of business, or by mail or by phone, same will be taken in duplicate. With each purchase you will not only receive an itemized account of what you buy and the total of that purchased, but also the total amount of your indebtedness to us. File all our sales slips in this holder, the last on top; then, by referring to the top slip, you can tell at a glance just how your account stands. SEE TO IT that you get a sales slip with each purchase, as it is a duplicate of our account against you. Manufactured by The McCaskey Register Co. Alliance, OHIO, U.S.A.Form C1520. Patents applied for.
Shipped with USPS First Class Package Service.
**Please note all sales are final. There are no returns, trades, or exchanges permitted. Please review photos closely as they are part of the item description. Described to the best of my abilities. Feel free to message me for additional details. The winning buyer is asked to please make payment within 3 days of winning this sale. Thank you!The McCaskey Register Company of Alliance, Ohio, manufactured systems for keeping track of accounts and credit registers from its organization in 1903 until its purchase by Victor Adding Machine Company in 1953. The firm was started by Perry A. McCaskey, a grocer in Lisbon, Ohio, who took out a patent May 19, 1896, for a “bill and account file” (#560523). He also patented a more complex “credit-accounting appliance” on December 30, 1902 (#717247). McCaskey continued to assign patents to the McCaskey Register Company through 1907, although ownership of the firm passed to others and several other inventors contributed to the product. This particular machine combines a system for keeping accounts with a cash drawer. It has a wooden base with a wooden roll-top cover. A slatted panel designed for holding credit slips fits over the cash drawer and a piece of glass that fits over the panel. A silver-colored metal compartment is on the front of the cash drawer, with five buttons at the top. A bell is at the back on the inside.McCaskey patents describe a system of credit slips that fit on bill-holders in the back of the machine. This machine has no bill-holders or slips.The donor dated this machine to 1893. However, it was made after the McCaskey Register Company was founded in 1903 and resembles McCaskey’s 1907 patent, hence the later date assigned.References:P. A. McCaskey, “Credit-Accounting Appliance, ” U.S. Patent 717247, December 30, 1902.Craig Bara and Lyle Crist, Alliance, Charleston, SC: Arcadia Press, 1998, 29.Richard R. Crandall and Sam Robins, The Incorruptible Cashier, vol. 2, Vestal, N.Y.: Vestal Press, 1990, pp. 318–319.
