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- Paper Rolls, 1914-1915 -
- 1914-1915
- Collections - Artifact
Paper Rolls, 1914-1915
- NCR PC4 Personal Computer, circa 1985 - In the mid-1980s, the IBM PC dominated the personal computer market. A variety of "clones" like the PC-4 competed with IBM products, offering highly compatible software and peripheral hardware at a lower cost to the consumer. NCR's legacy is not in its cost, however, but in its interest to create an aesthetically and ergonomically distinguished clone system.
- circa 1985
- Collections - Artifact
NCR PC4 Personal Computer, circa 1985
In the mid-1980s, the IBM PC dominated the personal computer market. A variety of "clones" like the PC-4 competed with IBM products, offering highly compatible software and peripheral hardware at a lower cost to the consumer. NCR's legacy is not in its cost, however, but in its interest to create an aesthetically and ergonomically distinguished clone system.
- Cash Register, circa 1950 - Cash registers were developed during the late 19th century to speed sales transactions and facilitate store accounting. By the mid-20th century, they were standard equipment in a variety of business establishments including stores, restaurants, and gas stations. This manual model from about 1950 registered up to $5.99.
- circa 1950
- Collections - Artifact
Cash Register, circa 1950
Cash registers were developed during the late 19th century to speed sales transactions and facilitate store accounting. By the mid-20th century, they were standard equipment in a variety of business establishments including stores, restaurants, and gas stations. This manual model from about 1950 registered up to $5.99.
- Trade Card for the National Cash Register's Use at the World's Columbian Exposition, National Cash Register Co., circa 1893 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- circa 1893
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for the National Cash Register's Use at the World's Columbian Exposition, National Cash Register Co., circa 1893
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.