Register, Cash

Object Name:

Register, Cash

Object ID:

1998.001

Creator:

McCaskey Register CompanyManufacturer

Place of Origin:

Alliance, OH

Date:

1920

Description:

Cash register used at Wheeler & Clark Rubber Stamps, Concord, NH, from c.1960 to 1995. Cash register is made up of two main parts: adding machine (A), and wooden base (B). Built into base is a wooden pull-out ledger, and a removable cash drawer (C). Three pieces of related hardware (D,E,F) were found in drawer. Adding machine is metal, painted black, with a field of push-button keys, a printing ribbon and paper, and a draw handle (which opens the cash drawer). "McCASKEY", gold decal, is on two places on front of machine; a decal with following text is on back, "PATENTED / JUNE 20, 1919. APRIL 13, 1920. / THE MCCASKEY REGISTER COMPANY / ALLIANCE, OHIO, MADE IN U.S.A. / OTHER PATENTS PENDING". Wooden base is painted drab green. Cash drawer has a cast metal front with the following text in relief, "The McCASKEY / SYSTEM / ALLIANCE, OHIO, U.S.A. / PATENTED SEPT.6.1921. / OTHER PATENTS PENDING." Drawer interior is sheet metal, painted black, with six sloped dishes (coins) and three rectangular slots (bills) with swivel weights.

Object Register:
A. Adding machine. 10" x 11" x 18".
B. Wooden base. 6.5" x 15.5" x 21.75".
C. Drawer. 3.4" x 12" x 18.5".
D. Hardware. L-bracket with notch and two holes. 2.25" x 2" x 0.75".
E. Hardware. L-bracket with notch and 2 holes. 2.25" x 2" x 0.75".
F. Hardware. S-bracket with 2 holes. 1.5" x 1.25" x 1".

Material:

Metal
Wood

Dimensions:

H-16.5 W-15.5 D-21.75 inches

Provenance:

Lois Clark and her husband (d. c1996) owned and operated Wheeler & Clark Rubber Stamps, Concord, NH, c. 1930 until retirement in 1995. They purchased this cash register, c. 1960, to replace the cash box that they previously used for the business. They purchased the register from Fred Brown (formerly of Brown & Saltmarsh), also in Concord, NH. This item was the one and only cash register for Wheeler & Clark from the time it was purchased until they closed the business; Mr. Clark opted to never get a new machine. During those 35 years, the shop was located at three Concord places:
1.) 27 North Main Street
2.) 9 Centre Street
3.) 25A South Street (next to Ideal Market)

McCaskey Register Company (1920s), Alliance, OH. Manufacturers of cash registers.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase

People:

Clark

Subjects:

Cash registers, Rubber stamps