Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

PROTECTOGRAPH

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1950

Materials

STEEL, PLASTIC, WOOD

No. Pieces

1

Height

20.9

Length

27.9

Width

21.5

Description

BLACK PAINTED STEEL COVERED CHECK WRITING MACHINE WITH PULL ARM ON SIDE AND PLASTIC BUTTON FACE. MACHINE HAS WIDER RECTANGULAR BASE WITH FOUR CIRCULAR PLASTIC FEET. MACHINE BUILT UP ON BASE HAS STRAIGHT SIDES WITH ROUNDED TOP. FRONT FACE OF MACHINE HAS BLACK, RED AND WHITE PLASTIC KEYS. STEEL PLATE COVERING HAS ROUGH DIPPLED SURFACE WITH BLACK PAINT. EMBOSSED ON FRONT OF MACHINE IN WHITE BLOCK LETTERS IS "PROTECTOGRAPH". ABOVE THIS IS TRIANGULAR STEEL PLATE WITH "TODD" RAISED ACROSS ITS TOP AND HAS A KNIGHT'S HELMET RAISE IN MIDDLE. AT BOTTOM FRONT OF BASE IS GOLD EMBOSSED LABEL WHICH READS "A LLOYD CLARK & COMPANY LIMITED OFFICE EQUIPMENT TELEPHONE 66705 WINNIPEG, CANADA." CRANK IS SINGLE LENGTH OF BLACK PAINTED STEEL WITH WOOD HANDLE AT END. HAS SMALL KNOB ON RIGHT SIDE OF BASE. STEEL PLATE AT BACK BASE HAS "E336R2779" STAMPED INTO IT. EMBOSSED ON BOTTOM IN WHITE ARE INSTRUCTIONS FOR REWINDING RIBBON, INSURANCE INFORMATION, SERVICE INFORMATION AND PATENT INFORMATION. PATENT INFO READS "DUE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THIS TODD MACHINE IS COVERED BY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING UNITED STATES PATENTS WHICH ARE OWNED BY THIS COMPANY AND WHICH RELATE TO CHECK WRITERS OR CHECK PROTECTING DEVICES:". IT THEN LISTS 42 PATENT NUMBERS RANGING FROM "1,364,941" TO "2,092852". UNDER THIS IS "THE TODD COMPANY INCORPORATED ROCHESTER, N.Y. OTHER PATENTS PENDING PATENTS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES" AND "MADE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA". PAINT IS WEARING FROM WOOD HANDLE ON CRANK.

Subjects

PRINTING T&E

Historical Association

BUSINESS

AGRICULTURE

History

SEE PERMANENT RECORD FOR P19950024001-GA.

Catalogue Number

P19950041005

Acquisition Date

1995-04

Collection

Museum

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