![]() Patterson spent $6,500 to purchase a controlling interest in the National Manufacturing Company that was making and selling cash registers, according to Dayton History. NCR’s gift included hundreds of 20th century cash registers and business machines along with other images and artifacts. donated the NCR Archive to Dayton History, which owns and operates the park. There are close to 200 cash registers on display at Carillon Historical Park. A later model of the invention would be dubbed “Ritty’s Incorruptible Cashier.” Most likely James Ritty, the owner of Dayton’s Pony House saloon, never imagined a jewelry store when he and his brother John patented the Ritty Dial in 1879 to combat employees pocketing his profits.Ī reproduction of the Ritty Dial, with a round clock-like face, is included in the display. ![]() We wanted it to look like a jewelry store.” “That was our intent when we were laying it out. “It’s like a jewelry store,” said Alex Heckman, director of education and museum operations at Carillon Historical Park.
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