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- Description
- a: A large metal box with faux wood design with two distinct sections: the larger section is covered by a glass casing while the smaller section is covered by a solid two part folding faux wood case. Both sections contain black metallic leaves that have tabs; the result is filing system that the us…
- Title
- National Cash Register Company of Canada Credit File
- Manufacturer
- National Cash Register Company of Canada Limited
- Other Names
- receipt register
- receipts
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Sub-Category
- MERCHANDISING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Place Of Manufacture
- Canada: Toronto, Ontario
- Start Date
- 1950
- End Date
- 1960
- Description
- a: A large metal box with faux wood design with two distinct sections: the larger section is covered by a glass casing while the smaller section is covered by a solid two part folding faux wood case. Both sections contain black metallic leaves that have tabs; the result is filing system that the user can browse through like a filing cabinet. These tabs are numbered and also contain lettering. The two sections are linked: when one section's filing system is opened at a certain point, the other section automatically opens to a certain point.
There is a divider between the two sections that contains two miscellanous department.
b: Folding hinge that attaches to bottom of the file and covers the glass case in faux wood covering, similar to smaller section.
c: Number of decaying receipts which had been stored within the metal leaves. A large sample has been preserved, separated from the artifact for conservation reasons, and stored in the archives. These reciepts pertained to the operation of the Smithers Drug Store during the 1950s and 1960s.
- Narrative
- Howard Wheeler, whose name appears in the reciepts associated with this artifact as the pharmacist, owned the Smithers Drug Store. According to Chronicles of Smithers, he bought the business from Tom Wark in 1951 who had in turn bought it from W. V. Tomlinson - a name and letterhead that also appears in the associated reciepts - in 1945. Prior to this the location - which as of 2016 is Central Square Medical Clinic - was J Mason Adams Drugstore.
- Inscriptions
- Behind the top hinge it says (possibly): C P 208842
- Height
- 26.5
- Width
- 54
- Length
- 67.5
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Number Of Parts
- 3
- Accession No.
- 2016.25.1 a-c
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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