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The Traveling Teller Toy Bank

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Collection Type

  • Toys and games

Date

1940-1950

GUSN

GUSN-273948

Description

Savings bank, oval shape with slots for quarters, nickels, dimes, halves, currency, and cents. Haverhill Savings Bank.

Details

Descriptive Terms

banks (containers)
metal
Bank, Toy
Bank, Toy

Inscription

"HAVERHILL SAVINGS BANK / 163 Merrimack Street / HAVERHILL, MASS." (Gold letters on black ground)
"THE TRAVELING TELLER / PATENT PENDING / THE AUTOMATIC RECORDING SAFE CO. / CHICAGO, U.S.A." (cut into)

Additional Identification Number

724.1
886

Maker

The Automatic Recording Safe Co. (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Chicogo, Illinois

Dimensions

2 1/4 x 3 7/8 x 1 7/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Jeanne Andersen

Accession Number

2013.26.1

Places

Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)

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