Western Trails Museum
Knott's Berry Farm
Updated October 2024
Posted March 2022
Cash Register
Simplex Cash Register
This Simplex Cash Register was made between the late 1880s and 1920s. Information courtesy of Dean T Waddle
This Simplex Cash Register was made between the late 1880s and 1920s. Information courtesy of Dean T Waddle
Cashier's Money Tray
A cashiers money tray in common use before cash registers came into being. Nearly all stores of 60 more years ago had some form of this instrument. The money tray was locked by two or three secret buttons. Again this tells a story where an improvement is made it destroys the previous method. Donated to Western Trails Museum, through Mrs. Knott by Jack Strange and his Bicycle Shop of 3319 East 7th Street, Long Beach, California.
A cashiers money tray in common use before cash registers came into being. Nearly all stores of 60 more years ago had some form of this instrument. The money tray was locked by two or three secret buttons. Again this tells a story where an improvement is made it destroys the previous method. Donated to Western Trails Museum, through Mrs. Knott by Jack Strange and his Bicycle Shop of 3319 East 7th Street, Long Beach, California.
Cash Register:
National Cash Register ...built 1914
National Cash Register ...built 1914
Cash Registers
1800s Cash Registers on display inside the Western Trails Museum at Knott's Berry Farm
1800s Cash Registers on display inside the Western Trails Museum at Knott's Berry Farm