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Object Name |
Bank, Mechanical |
Date |
1930s |
Description |
Cast iron bank in the shape of a building; square, painted yellow sides with blue corners and trim, red roof and base; windows on three sides; 2 chimneys on roof; front has a door that opens, with inscription "NOVELTY / BANK;" interior contains a figure of a man wearing a suit and holding a tray; he is attached to the door by a metal wire and he comes out when the door is opened; bottom has a round removable disk to retrieve coins; disk has an embossed inscription that is partly illegible: "PAT [----];" printed sticker attached to base: "MADE IN TAIWAN." |
Acquisition |
Gift of Staten Island Savings Bank |
Ownership and History |
This bank was reportedly offered as a free gift to Staten Island Savings Bank customers in the 1930s. Cast iron banks with similar forms were found in the United States from about the 1870s. The presence of a sticker with the inscription "MADE IN TAIWAN" suggests this example may have reproduced an earlier form. |
Earliest Date |
1930 |
Latest Date |
1940 |
Material |
Iron |
Subjects |
Banks Banking industry |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Toy |
Catalog Number |
07.015.0001 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, September 2014. |
Legal Status |
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