NCR catalogue from around 1909 (or 1915)
Ed- 400 class machines in the Empire style cases. No top signs shown.
Handle‑operated Total Adder. Detail‑Strip Printer.
No. 441. Price, $185.
It has 27 amount keys, 3 special keys, and 6 clerks' keys.
Any amount from 1c to $9.99 can be recorded in connection with any of the 3 special keys by any of the 6 clerks, at one time.
The above register is operated by pressing down one or more amount keys, the transaction key, and the clerk's key, and turning the handle. It does 10 in one second:
1. Removes old indication.
2. Displays a new one.
3. Rings a bell.
4. Unlocks cash drawer.
5. Throws it open.
6. Adds sales in one total.
7. Prints amount and kind of sale and initial of clerk who made it on detail‑strip.
8. Adds "1" on "Customer" counter.
9. Adds "1" on "Transaction" counter.
10. Resets mechanism for next registration.
With this register you can balance your cash almost instantly.
It shows, at a glance, exactly how much money should be in your cash drawer. It tells the amount and kind of each transaction, showing the amount and the clerk who made it.
If a mistake is made, you know it. There are no hidden losses to eat up your profit. The register is quick and easy to operate, and is so easy to understand that a child can use it.
Our registers are so well made that they give accurate, dependable service, year after year, for a business lifetime. Prepare for better business by getting an up‑to‑date register.
Handle‑operated Total Adder. Receipt and Detail‑Strip Printer.
No. 442. Price, $235.
It as 27 amount keys, 3 special keys, and 6 clerks’ keys.
Any amount from 1c to $9.99 can be recorded, in connection with any of the 3 special keys by any of the 6 clerks, at one time. The key arrangement can be changed to fit the needs of any business.
The above register is operated by pressing the amount keys, transaction key, and clerk's key, and turning the handle. It does 11 things in one second:
1. Removes old indication.
2. Shows new one.
3. Rings a bell.
4. Unlocks cash drawer.
6. Throws it open.
6. Adds sale to previous total.
7. Prints on detail‑strip the amount and kind of sale and the initial of the clerk who made it.
8. Prints and throws out the receipt.
9. Adds “1" on "Customer" counter.
10. Adds "1" on "Transaction" counter.
11. Resets mechanism for new registration.
This is a popular model for stores in which the sales range in amounts from I c to $9.99. It records "cash" sales, “charge" sales, money "rec'd on acc't," and money "paid out," and shows the merchant which of his clerks handles each transaction. It enables the merchant to know what is done in his store, whether he is in it or away from it.
Correct records are enforced and the merchant's business is advertised by the printed receipt which is given to each customer.
A glance at the self‑totaling counter shows exactly how much money should be in the cash drawer.
Considering what it does, the National Cash Register is the lowest priced machine sold in the world. Investigate! You owe it to yourself, your family, and your business.
Handle‑operated Total Adder. Stub‑Receipt Printer.
No. 444. Price, $235.
It has 27 amount keys, 3 special keys, and 6 clerks' keys.
Any amount from 1c to $9.99 can be recorded in connection with any of the 3 special keys by any of the 6 clerks at one time. The key arrangement can be changed to fit the needs of any business.
The above register is operated by pressing the amount keys , the transaction key, and the clerk's initial key, and turning the handle. It does I I things in one second:
1. Removes old indication.
2. Shows new one.
3. Rings a bell.
4. Unlocks cash drawer.
6. Throws it open.
6. Adds sale to previous total.
7. Prints on detail‑strip the amount and kind of sale and the initial of the clerk who made it together with the consecutive number and date an receipt.
8. Prints and throws out the receipt.
9. Adds “1" on "Customer" counter.
10. Adds "1" on "Transaction" counter.
11. Resets mechanism for new registration.
You will note that this register prints a double or stub‑receipt. It is usually used in connection with cashier systems.
The customer gets the part of the receipt which shows the consecutive number and date of the sale, the merchant's business card, and the amount and kind of sale, and the initial of the clerk who made it. The stub is retained by cashier.
The register shows at all times exactly how much money the cashier should have. It gives you a correct balance of the day's business in a few minutes and reduces the detail work of the cashier.
Our registers are so well made that they give accurate, dependable service, year after year, for a business lifetime. They benefit everybody‑proprietors, clerks, and customers.
Handle‑operated Total Adder. Receipt and Detail‑Strip Printer.
No. 445. Price, $260.
It has 27 amount keys, 3 special keys) and 6 clerks’ keys.
Any amount from 1c to $9.99 can be recorded in connection with any of the 3 special keys by any of the 6 clerks at one time. The key arrangement can be changed to fit the needs of any business.
Pressing the amount keys, the transaction key, the clerk's initial key, and turning the handle, does in. one second:
1. Removes old indication.
2. Displays a new one.
3. Rings a bell.
4. Unlocks cash drawer.
5. Throws it open.
6. Adds sales into one total.
7. Prints on detail‑strip the amount, kind of transaction, initial of clerk who made it, and stock number.
8. Prints and throws out receipt.
9. Adds "1" on "Customer" counter.
10. Adds "1" on “transaction” counter.
11. Resets mechanism for next registration.
It is used in hotels, offices, shoe stores, jewelry stores, pawn shops, brick yards, ice plants, breweries‑in fact, wherever a record of room numbers, stock numbers, cost prices, ledger numbers, etc., is desired.
This register does all the No. 442 does, and, in addition, prints any number desired on the receipt and on the detail‑strip.
Every register is made of the best material by experienced workmen, and is guaranteed for 1wo years.
The value of our registers is proved by their world‑wide use.
Electrically Operated Total Adder. Receipt and Detail‑Strip Printer.
No. 452‑E‑L‑Sign. Price, $360.
It has 36 amount keys, 3 special keys, and 6 clerks' keys.
Any amount from 1c to $99.99 can be recorded in connection with any of the 3 special keys by any of the 6 clerks at one time. The key arrangement can be changed.
By pressing the amount keys, the transaction key, and the clerk's initial key,
12 things are done almost instantly:
1. Old indication disappears.
2. New indication appears.
3. Bell is rung.
4. Cash drawer is unlocked.
5. It is thrown open.
6. Sale is added to previous total.
7. Prints amount and kind of sale and initial of clerk who made it on detail‑strip.
8. Prints and throws out receipt.
9. Sign is lighted on top.
10. "Customer" counter adds 1.
11. "Transaction" counter adds 1.
12. Mechanism is reset for new registration.
Records inside the register show
(1) How much money should be in the cash drawer,
(2) The number of customers waited on,
(3) The number of “charge," “rec'd on acc't," and "paid out" slips that should be in his cash drawer,
(4) The amount and kind of each transaction and clerk who made it.
All of our registers are made of the best material by experienced workmen, and are thoroughly tested. Customers get your goods. You should be sure of getting your money.
Handle‑operated Total Adder. Receipt and Detail‑Strip Printer.
No. 462‑2 Ctr. Price, $385.
It has 51 amount keys, 3 special keys, and a "No Sale" key.
Any amount from 1c to $9.99 may be registered in the right‑hand division. Any amount from Ic to $6.99 may be registered in the left‑hand division. The special keys can be used with the amount keys in either division. Key arrangement may be changed to suit any business.
When the amount keys and the transaction keys are pressed, and the handle turned, the register does 11 things:
1. Removes old indication.
2. Shows a new one.
3. Rings a bell.
4. Unlocks cash drawer.
6. Throws it open.
6. Adds amounts on one or both of the total counters.
7. Prints kind and amount of transaction on detail strip.
8. Prints and throws out receipt.
9. Adds "1" on "Customer" counter.
10. Adds "1" on "Transaction" counter.
11. Resets mechanism for new record.
A reduced facsimile of the Receipt printed by this register.
Used for keeping separate records of each of the two clerks' sales, or of cost price and selling price, or of the sales in two departments, such as groceries and meats.
Considering what it does, the National Cash Register is the lowest priced machine sold in the world. "Nationals" are used in the store farthest north and in the store farthest south.