The American company National Cash Register made the manual roll cash register in the late 19th or early 20th century. However, all the inscriptions, except for the company name, are in Russian: the device was commissioned specifically for Ekaterinodar (today — Krasnodar).
The metal case is decorated with a large plant pattern. On a wooden stand at the bottom is a drawer for money: until the next purchase was paid for and secured, it could not be opened. The upper part of the case is crowned by a polygonal openwork plate with the inscription ‘CASSA // Shows the amount paid’. On the front side, there are two black glass-covered display panels. One of them has a picture of a hand and a white inscription ‘Cash, ’ the other has the same image of a hand and cylinders with numbers. Between the cylinders are the inscriptions ‘rub.’ and ‘kop.’ The keyboard was located under the display panel in five vertical rows — the keys were used to enter the sums of money and to control the machine.
The cash register was a part of the collection that belonged to Emma Tirienko, an employee of Pharmacy No. 8 in Krasnodar. For 10 or 15 years, she collected items from which she later planned to make an exposition of a pharmacy museum. It was supposed to be housed in an old building. Before the Bolshevik revolution, there was a pharmacy of the pharmacist Yakov Yavelov. However, there were no funds for this project, and the collection of Emma Tirienko was transferred to the Krasnodar Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve named after E. D. Felitsyn.
James Ritty, a saloon owner in the American state of Ohio, invented the world’s first cash register in 1879. This device protected against unscrupulous sellers who tried to conceal the proceeds. It was nicknamed “Ritty”s Incorruptible Cashier” and the number of saloon-goers at the time increased dramatically: many wanted to look at the unusual machine.
An American John Patterson founded the National Cash Register Company in 1884. Before that, he used to sell goods to miners, was on the verge of bankruptcy, and only the installation of three cash registers saved him from it. They prevented the theft of the proceeds. Patterson was so impressed with these devices that he decided to start producing them himself.
The metal case is decorated with a large plant pattern. On a wooden stand at the bottom is a drawer for money: until the next purchase was paid for and secured, it could not be opened. The upper part of the case is crowned by a polygonal openwork plate with the inscription ‘CASSA // Shows the amount paid’. On the front side, there are two black glass-covered display panels. One of them has a picture of a hand and a white inscription ‘Cash, ’ the other has the same image of a hand and cylinders with numbers. Between the cylinders are the inscriptions ‘rub.’ and ‘kop.’ The keyboard was located under the display panel in five vertical rows — the keys were used to enter the sums of money and to control the machine.
The cash register was a part of the collection that belonged to Emma Tirienko, an employee of Pharmacy No. 8 in Krasnodar. For 10 or 15 years, she collected items from which she later planned to make an exposition of a pharmacy museum. It was supposed to be housed in an old building. Before the Bolshevik revolution, there was a pharmacy of the pharmacist Yakov Yavelov. However, there were no funds for this project, and the collection of Emma Tirienko was transferred to the Krasnodar Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve named after E. D. Felitsyn.
James Ritty, a saloon owner in the American state of Ohio, invented the world’s first cash register in 1879. This device protected against unscrupulous sellers who tried to conceal the proceeds. It was nicknamed “Ritty”s Incorruptible Cashier” and the number of saloon-goers at the time increased dramatically: many wanted to look at the unusual machine.
An American John Patterson founded the National Cash Register Company in 1884. Before that, he used to sell goods to miners, was on the verge of bankruptcy, and only the installation of three cash registers saved him from it. They prevented the theft of the proceeds. Patterson was so impressed with these devices that he decided to start producing them himself.
