Welcome to the Antique Cash Register Collector website!!I have been actively collecting fancy brassand inlayed wooden cash registers since the late 1980s. I purchased myfirst machine when I was 13 years old and have been addicted ever since.Please contact me if you are looking to sell an Antique Cash Register or any memorabilia related to National or any other cash register company.
I also collect vintage store interior photographs (the cash register must be visible in the picture).Feel free to email me with any questions related to Antique Cash Registers, I would be glad to try and help in any way.My email is: [email protected] are some of the machines in my collection.Be sure to check out more pictures using the links on the left. (Top from Left: National 2 w/Pinwheel inlay, National 2 w/Clamshellinlay,National 2 w/Lilly of the Valley inlay)(Bottom from Left: Michigan Model 5, Simplex, National 51 w/clock,St. Louis Model 36 'cheese cutter' machine)(Top from Left: National 2 w/Lilly of the Valley inlay, National 463 no inlay,National 3 w/Serpentine inlay)(Bottom from Left: Sun Cash Register, National 51 w/clock, St.
Hey guys, I picked up this National cash register at a local garage sale with the hopes that it would be a rare model and be worth more than I paid. I have attempted to find out about it on the internet but had no luck with finding one with the same model and serial #. From what I gather, the fact.
Louis Model 36 'cheese cutter' machine, National 52 1/4 w/personalized breastplate 'The West Hotel', National 52 w/clock).
This photograph depicts the assembly department of the National Cash Register Company in Dayton, Ohio, circa 1930s-1940s.In 1884, John Henry Patterson bought out his fellow investors in the National Manufacturing Company and formed the National Cash Register Company, the predecessor of NCR Corporation. Located in Dayton, Ohio, this company made cash registers. The company grew slowly, producing only 16,000 registers in its first decade in operation. Through aggressive marketing and advertising, by 1914 the National Cash Register Company was producing 110,000 cash registers per year. In 1906, the company manufactured the first electric cash register.Few cash registers were sold in the early years of the company’s operation due to lack of demand. However, Patterson was confident that once owners understood how the register reduced theft there would be an upsurge of demand.
He created the American Selling Force, a committee within the company that would act as traveling salesmen. These workers were paid on commission, trained on a universal script, and sent on visits to other businesses to promote their product. The NCR also began buying smaller firms to form a monopoly. Patterson, as well as a few other NCR CEOs, was convicted in the mid-1910s of breaking the Sherman Anti-Trust law.Patterson was well known for his compassion for his employees. He provided women workers with coffee and soup for lunch. Machine operators sat on actual chairs with backs for support rather than on stools.
He provided his workers with indoor bathrooms. Patterson implemented a ventilation system to provide clean air to his workers. He also maintained a doctor's office in his factory to assist injured workers as quickly as possible.The National Cash Register Company engaged in civic work as well. Following the Dayton flood of 1913, the company provided approximately $1 million to assist people in recovering from the disaster.
The company allocated an additional $600,000 to study how the community could prevent flooding in the future. In addition to these efforts, Patterson donated money to help build parks and playgrounds. He also provided funds to create the first public kindergarten in Dayton.Patterson died on May 2, 1922. His son, Frederick B. Patterson, assumed control of the National Cash Register Company. That same year, the company had officially produced two million cash registers.
It also had begun producing other business machines. During World War I and World War II, the National Cash Register Company contributed to the United States' war effort by manufacturing shell fuses, plane engines, and code-breaking machines, among many other items.During the 1950s and the 1960s, the National Cash Register Company began to produce computers. In 1974, it changed its name to NCR Corporation to symbolize its more diverse product line. In 1991, AT&T acquired the NCR Corporation but decided to end its control of NCR Corporation in 1997. In 2009, NCR Corporation announced the company’s move to Duluth, Georgia. NCR Corporation continues to operate, specializing in office equipment.