Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

235298

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

metal casing and working parts/ synthetic dial

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

17,0 cm

Largeur

15,0 cm

Hauteur

15,0 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Technologie industrielle

Catégorie

Matériel de bureau

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Todd

Pays

United States of America

État/province

New York

Ville

Rochester

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Québec

Période

1920s +

Canada

An American made printing device used to write cheques by les Soeurs de la Charité de Montreal, the Sisters of Charity of Montreal (Soeurs Grises/Grey Nuns). The order was established by Mme Marguerite d'Youville in Montreal in 1737 to serve to poor and sick. The Grey Nuns run hospitals, orphanages, schools, homes for the aged, institutions for the blind, and other social services and works of charity in various parts of Canada and the United States. D'Youville was officially recognized as a Saint of the Roman Catholic Church in 1990.

Fonction

A device used to print characters on cheques in such a way as to prevent fraudulent alteration.

Technique

An example of a 1920s cheque writer and protector. As more businesses and other organizations began to pay accounts with cheques in the 19th century, demand rose for means of preventing fraudulent alteration to the amount of the cheque or the name of the payee. In the United States, mechanical cheque writers began to appear in the 1870s. By the 1920s, at least 20 manufacturers were offering products. Cheque protectors are still being produced today. Different manufacturers devised and patented their own means of making cheques unalterable, which included printing special characters or embossing, cutting or perforating the paper. The Protectograph, Model H, which was advertised from 1901 to 1924, macerated the paper and inserted red and black ink.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

raised black lettering on plate reads 'PROTECTOGRAPH MODEL H/ MANUFACTURED BY/ C.W.TODD & COMPANY/ ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A.' with indented 'No 235298'/ black numbers from 5 to 10000 on dial

Manque

bottom plate with patent numbers

Fini

painted glossy black/ metallic lever grip, controls, parts/ white or yellow and black dial

Décoration

gold striping on lever, body and base