National Cash Register (NCR) Early films and Photographs For playing on a computer This CD will also play on may newer DVD players. This CD contains 2 rare early films (total time 47 minutes and 187 photographs relating to NCR The mechanical cash register was invented (and patented) in 1879 by James Jacob Ritty (1836-1918). Ritty was an American tavern keeper in Dayton, Ohio. One of the biggest problems Ritty had at his bar was that some of his employees were dishonest, and would take the customer's money and pocket it, rather than recording a sale. Ritty concieved the idea of a way to track sales while on a steam boat trip to Europe. It's said that his inspiration was a machine that counted how many times the ship propeller went around. The first and second attempts at producing a machine were failures, but the third time proved the charm. Ritty patented the design in 1879 as "Ritty's Incorruptible Cashier." He opened a small factory at 10 South Main Street in Dayton to manufacture cash registers while still operating his saloon. Ritty soon became overwhelmed with running two business, so he sold all his interests in the cash register business to Jacob H. Eckert of Cincinnati, a china and glassware salesman, who then formed the National Manufacturing Company. In 1884, Eckert sold the company to John H. Patterson (1844-1922) , who renamed the company the National Cash Register Company. Patterson improved on Ritty's invention, adding paper rolls to record the day's transactions in each price range. This worked by building a hole puncher into each cash register while the paper would have separate invisible columns that would stand for cents or dollars. If the paper had two holes punched in the dollars column, for example, and 50 holes punched in the cent column, the total would be two dollars and fifty cents. When a transaction was completed, a bell rang on the cash register and the amount was noted on a large dial on the front of the machine thus keeping track of sales and preventing theft. In 1906, while working at the National Cash Register Company, inventor Charles F. Kettering designed a cash register with an electric motor. The National Cash Register Company became NCR Corp. in 1974, which was eventually acquired and spun off by AT&T in the 1990s. Today NCR makes business machines, including cash registers, that use computer technology and electronics. This CD includes early films and photos of this great American Company. The Troubles of a Merchant and How to Stop Them How a storekeeper's business suffers due to lack of financial controls and how installation of a National Cash Register restores its profitability. One of the many early educational/training films sponsored by communications visionary and NCR president John H. Patterson. 1925 Run time: 32:28 Silent and Black and white National Cash Register Compilation of historical film clips depicting production and worker education activities at the National Cash Register Company in Dayton, Ohio. ca. 1910s- 1920s Run time: 15:14 Silent and Black and white Early NCR Photos from Dayton Ohio Tool room of the National Cash Register Co., Dayton, Ohio.c1904. Denver from D. & F. Tower / photo. by L.C. McClure. 1912 Officers' club, National Cash Register, Dayton, O[hio]. c1902 Plating department, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, O[hio]. c1902 Polishing department, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, O[hio]. c1902 Bicycle shelter, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, O[hio]. c1902 Power house, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, O[hio]. c1902 Printing dept., National Cash Register, Dayton, O[hio]. c1902 Lock and drill dept., National Cash Register, Dayton, O[hio]. c1902 Employees' residences, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, O[hio]. c1902 Front lawn of officers' club, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, O[hio]. 1902 Main building, National Cash Register, Dayton, O[hio]. c1902 Tithing department, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, O[hio]. c1902 Indicator department, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, O[hio]. 1902 Front entrance to power house, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, O[hio]. 1902 Characteristic employees' home, National Cash Register, Dayton, O[hio]. c1902 Assembling department, National Cash Register, Dayton, O[hio]. c1902 Window in girls' restaurant, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, O[hio]. c1902 Window in girls' restaurant, National Cash Register, Dayton, O[hio]. c1902 Binding department, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, O[hio]. c1902 Typewriting department, National Cash Register, Dayton, O[hio]. c1902 Foliage and east window of officers' club, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, O[hio]. c1902 Foliage and east window of officers' club, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, O[hio]. 1902 Side entrance, J.H. Patterson's residence, Dayton, O[hio]. c1900 J.H. Patterson's residence, Dayton, O[hio]. c1900 J.H. Patterson's residence, Dayton, O[hio]. c1900 J.H. Patterson's residence, Dayton, O[hio]. c1900 The stable, J.H. Patterson's residence, Dayton, O[hio]. c1900 The rear lawn, J.H. Patterson's residence, Dayton, O[hio]. c1900 [Dayton, Ohio, J.H. Patterson's residence, front entrance]. c1900 John Patterson instructing at a sales meeting Safety device on small punch press (Magic Lantern Slide) Children’s Meeting - Industrial Hall  (Magic Lantern Slide) Employee’s Dining Hall (Magic Lantern Slide) Women’s Dining room (Magic Lantern Slide) Entertainments are given every day at noon (Magic Lantern Slide) An Owl class in salesmanship (Magic Lantern Slide) The NCR Laundry (Magic Lantern Slide) LS05-46.jpg NCR Women’s Club (Magic Lantern Slide) Suggestion Prize winners, circa 1921 (Magic Lantern Slide) Charles Kettering Experimental room (Magic Lantern Slide) Exhaust system in Polishing Department (Magic Lantern Slide) Model Making Department (Magic Lantern Slide) Model Assembly Department (Magic Lantern Slide) Physical Test Laboratory (Magic Lantern Slide) Register examination committee (Magic Lantern Slide) Inventions Designing Department (Magic Lantern Slide) Patent Department (Magic Lantern Slide) Future Demands Committee (Magic Lantern Slide) NCR Pattern Department (Magic Lantern Slide) Early NCR Photos Cash Registers Worldwide Unidentified hardware store, Ungaria]. [between 1895 and 1910] [Stephan Liesting liquor, Germany]. [between 1895 and 1910] [Renard Martin, Paris, France]. [between 1895 and 1910] [Unidentified hardware store, probably Hungary] [between 1895 and 1910] [C. Schapski, Berlin, Germany]. [between 1895 and 1910] [Pinter Synla Liquors, Austro-Hungary].[between 1895 and 1910 [Bookstore, Carl Hinding, Naestved, Denmark].[between 1895 and 1910] [Dry goods store, Frz. Jany, Sopron, Ungaria]. [between 1895 and 1910] [Cemetery flower store, Breslau, Germany]. [between 1895 and 1910] [Erich and Schneider, Breslau, Germany].[between 1895 and 1910] [Alez Kunz, Berne, Switzerland].[between 1895 and 1910] [Remnants store, Berlin, Germany]. [between 1895 and 1910] [Japanese store, Honolulu]. [between 1895 and 1910] [Leather goods store, Alex Freiberger, Ungaria]. [between 1895 and 1910] [F.H. Marquardt cigars, Coln, Germany]. [between 1895 and 1910] [Theo. Hildebrand and Son, Berlin, Germany]. [between 1895 and 1910] [John G. Stemler, stationery, Amsterdam, Holland]. [between 1895 and 1910] [Boots & shoes, Stuarts Limited, Leicester, Eng.]. [between 1895 and 1910] [C. Lindenberg Hollieferont, fish store, Berlin, Germany]. [between 1895 and 1910] [Fancy goods store, A. Jungerhaus, Rotterdam, Netherlands].[between 1895 and 1910] [C. Petznick Game, Berlin, Germany].[between 1895 and 1910] [Fruit store at Philadelphia, Pa.].[between 1895 and 1910] [W.B. Danforth drugs, Wilmington, Del.].[between 1895 and 1910] [Andrew Kan & Co., china store, Portland, Ore.].[between 1895 and 1910] Vines in the rear of officers' club, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, O[hio]. 1902 [Hardware, Crooks & Brooker, Adelaide, Australia].[between 1895 and 1910] [St. Bon Ossko, baker store]. [between 1895 and 1910] [Fred Sehick Co. bar, Minneapolis, Minn.]. [between 1895 and 1910] [D.R. Pollak and Son, Wien, Austro-Hungary].[between 1895 and 1910] [A. Moll, groceries, St. Louis, Mo.].[between 1895 and 1910] [Henstadt and Haardt, Austro-Germany]. [between 1895 and 1910] [S.O. Grimes general store, Westminster, Md.]. [between 1895 and 1910] [S.C. Cocke drugs, Fort Wayne, Ind.]. [between 1895 and 1910] [The Felken Cycle Co., Denver, Colo.]. [between 1895 and 1910] [H. Just Meat Market, Adelaide, Australia]. [between 1895 and 1910] Moschke Ltd., Pietersburg.[between 1895 and 1910] [St. Bon Ossko, butcher shop, Herzegovina].[between 1895 and 1910] [C.F. Newman and Sons, Seedsmen, Adelaide, Australia].[between 1895 and 1910] [Unidentified grocery store, probably in Germany]. [between 1900 and 1910] [Rector Restaurant, Chicago, Ill.].[between 1895 and 1910] [Grocery, I.I. Lapin, Moskow, Russia]. [between 1895 and 1910] [F.M. Smith & Co. game, Chicago, Ill.]. [between 1895 and 1910] [Unidentified store, Birmingham, Ala.]. [between 1895 and 1910] [Store of Chas. W. Seymour, Plattsburg, N.Y]. [between 1895 and 1910] Loeser & Wolff, Banhof Friedrichstr.[between 1901 and 1910] [Grocery, Fipeltaner and Vida, Ungaria, Sopron]. [between 1895 and 1910] [Baker and Rouse shop, Sydney, Australia]. [between 1895 and 1910] [Drug store, Alfonso G. Zerbi, San Juan, Puero Rico]. [between 1895 and 1910] [L.C. Wiseman, barber shop, New York City]. [between 1895 and 1910] [Grocery store, Luxembourg]. [between 1897 and 1910] [Miller Walker store, Augusta, Ga.]. [between 1895 and 1910] [Henriques Bonfils Bookstore, Denmark]. [18]99 Nov. 27. [Olentangy Park bowling alleys, Columbus, Ohio]. [between 1895 and 1910] [Main entrance, Ringling Bros. circus. between 1895 and 1910 [Bar with soldiers, Germany].[between 1895 and 1910] [Waldrap Photographic Co., San Juan, Puero Rico]. [between 1895 and 1910] Early NCR Photos Just Prior to WWII World's Fair. Women in costume near George Jessel's Knickerbocker Inn with National Cash Register Building in far background. c1939 Clifton National Bank, 802 Main St., Clifton, New Jersey. Two bookkeeping machines. 1941 National Cash Register Co., 50 Rockefeller Plaza. Reception foyer. 1940 National Cash Register Co., 50 Rockefeller Plaza. Reception foyer. 1940 National Cash Register Co., 50 Rockefeller Plaza. End of salon I. 1940 Passaic National Bank, Passaic, New Jersey. One general ledgers machine. 1941 National Cash Register Co., 50 Rockefeller Plaza. Exterior II. 1940 National Cash Register Co., 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City. Bank room I. 1941 National Cash Register Co., 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City. Bank room II. 1941 Plainfield Trust Co., 202 Park Ave., Plainfield, New Jersey. Trust machine. 1941 Clifton National Bank, 802 Main St., Clifton, New Jersey. Combination machines. 1941 Passaic National Bank, Passaic, New Jersey. Two F.H.A. machines. 1941 National Cash Register Co., 50 Rockefeller Plaza. Bank sales room. 1941 National Cash Register Co., 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City. Exterior II. 1940 National Cash Register Co., 50 Rockefeller Plaza. Large view of salon II. 1940 National Cash Register Co., 50 Rockefeller Plaza. Large view of salon I. 1940 National Cash Register Co., 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City. Salon with business machines during show. 1941 Fidelity Union Trust Co., 755 Broad St., Newark, New Jersey. Three real estate machines. 1941 Manufacturer's Trust Co., 513 5th Ave., New York City. Bookkeeping department. 1941 First National Bank, Madison, New Jersey. Two bookkeeping and one transit machine.1941 Chase Bank, 11 Broad St., New York City. Trust department, securities cage. 1941 National Cash Register Co., Associated Press Building, New York City. Mezzanine display room II. 1940 National Cash Register Co., Associated Press Building, New York City. Mezzanine display room I. 1940 National Cash Register Co., Associated Press Building, New York City. Reception office. 1940 National Cash Register Co., Associated Press Building, New York City. Reception office. 1940 National Cash Register Co., Associated Press Building, New York City. Reception office. 1940 National Cash Register Co., Associated Press Building, New York City. Reception office. 1940 National Cash Register Co., Associated Press Building, New York City. Department store sales room. 1940 National Bank of New Jersey, 390 George St., New Brunswick, New Jersey. Two proof machines. 1941 National City Bank, 63 Wall St., New York City. Fifth floor bookkeeping department.1941 National Cash Register Co., 50 Rockefeller Plaza. End of salon II, with figures. 1940 National Cash Register Co., 50 Rockefeller Plaza. End of salon II, with figures. 1940 National Cash Register Co., 50 Rockefeller Plaza. End of salon II, with figures. 1940 National Cash Register Co., 50 Rockefeller Plaza. End of salon II, with figures.1940 National Cash Register Co., 50 Rockefeller Plaza. End of salon II, with figures. 1940 Mouthpiece forgings for 20mm anti-aircraft gun magazines travel down the rows of milling machines that prepare them for the assembly line. The plant doing the work used to make cash registers. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. Mouthpiece forgings all ready for assembly in the magazines of 20mm anti-aircraft guns. A well known cash register manufacturer produced them in a large volume. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 Chase Bank, 11 Broad St., New York City. Trust department, bank of four machines. 1941 Bowery Savings Bank, 34th St. and 5th Ave., New York City. Tellers at machines. 1941 Early NCR Photos  During Conversion to War Production A multiple spindle screw machine on 20mm fuse production in a plant that formerly made cash registers. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 Production of 20mm fuses is speeded by a multiple spindle automatic screw machine in a converted cash register factory. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 Oerliken magazines for 20mm anti-aricraft guns ready for shipment from a converted cash register plant in which they were made. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 A special automatic machine in a converted cash register factory handles the operations of countercoring, disc inserting, crimping and unloading 20mm fuses. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 A dial feed press crimps 20mm fuses in a large plant which quickly changed over to the production of essential supplies for our armed forces. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 Oerliken magazines for 20mm anti-aircraft guns go through final assembly operations in the plant of a former manufacturer of cash registers. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942. The assembly line of a plant that formerly made cash registers is now working to capacity producing magazines for 20mm anti-aircraft guns. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 Installing a new conveyer in a converted cash register manufacturing plant. The plant is now turning over magazines for 20mm anti-aircraft guns. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. A multi-spindle screw machine that formerly worked on cash register parts now performs a first operation on 37mm M-54 high explosive shells. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. Assembly of M-48 fuse bodies. Huge quantities of these war essentials are coming off the production line of a converted cash register plant. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. Marking M-48 fuse bodies on the production line of a large cash register factory now engaged in the making of essential war equipment. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 An Oerliken magazine for a 20mm anti-aircraft gun is inspected on the production line of a large plant that formerly made cash registers. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. A special machine drills and reams holes in relay lighting charge housings for 37mm shells. The work is done in a converted cash register factory. National Cash Register Compnay, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. A machine paints the exterior and interior of each 37mm M-54 high explosive shell made at a former cash register factory now engaged in war production. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. Retouching a used cash register for South American shipment. The production facilities of the plant in which it was made have been converted to essential war production. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. "The Gattling gun of the production line." That's what the workers of a converted cash register plant call this multiple spindle automatic screw machine which performs important operations on M-48 shell bodies. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. A multiple spindle screw machine and a highly skilled machinist ensure high production of M-48 fuse bodies as a converted cash register plant goes into war production. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. The captain of the production guard of a large cash register plant keeps his force more than ever on the alert since the company's plant went on war production. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. Many detail operations in the making of Oerliken magazines for 20mm anti-aircraft guns are performed by regualar employees of a converted cash register factory now on war production. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. A boring operation on the Oerliken machine for 20mm anti-aircraft guns. Many regular employees were retained when a large cash register manufacturing plant changed over to war production. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 The mouthpiece of a 20mm anti-aircraft gun magazine requires many milling machine operations. Heavy production of these magazines is the order of the day at a large plant that had been making cash registers. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. Women work side by side with men to smash the Axis. Arming test of M-48 fuse bodies part of the routine inspection of shell parts at a former cash register factory now engaged in war production. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. A multiple drill press operation in the making of Oerliken magazines for 20mm anti-aircraft guns. The converted cash register manufacturing plant doing the work adapted many of its regular workers and machines to the new job. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. Brass scrap from the production of 20mm fuses is collected and returned to the factory. The large pile of filings and cuttings gives some idea of the volume of production maintained. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 A converted cash register factory now producing war goods in enormous volume must keep on hand huge stocks of packing materials. These corrugated board inserts are made from waste paper and are used for packing shell parts. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. 1942 Ad and CD*ROM copyright 2001