Sezione museale
STATI UNITI. First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Rapid City; forma geometrica, anni 1950
Steel Products Corporation ( progettista/costruttore )
salvadanaio
sul lato superiore: FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS | AND LOAN ASSOCIATION | OF RAPID CITY | RAPID CITY | SO. DAKOTA | FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN | INSURANCE CORPORATION | SAFETY OF YOUR | SAVINGS | INSURED | UP TO | $ 10.000;
sul lato inferiore: ADD-O-BANK | PLACE LEVER AT START. INSERT | COIN PULL LEVER TO STOP. | BANK ADDS NICKELS, DIMES & | QUARTERS - REGISTERS TOTAL | STEEL PRODUCTS CORP. | OF CALIFORNIA | 915 LINDEN AVE, | SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO | U.S.A. | PATD. MARCH 31-42 | NO. 2278008
scatola
sul lato superiore: NOTICE | READ ALL DIRECTIONS | BEFORE OPERATING | ADD-o-MATIC® BANK;
sul lato frontale: ADD-o-MATIC® | BANK | Adds ad Registers | Nickels, Dimes and Quarters | Showing Total | All coins deposited in one slot;
sul lato destro: A | Suggestion! | Bring this | Add-o-Matic® Bank | in | Every 30 Days | and have | Contents | Credited | to | Your Account.;
sul lato sinistro: Pay Yourself | First | By | Depositing | a | Few Coins | Each Day | in This | Add-o-Matic® | Bank;
sul lato posteriore: Place lever at start. Hold bank and drop | coin in slot as in Fig. 1 | Pull lever to stop ad return to start | as shown in Fig. 2. Repeat this operation | for each coin. | Bank adds nickels, dimes and quarters | Pennies will not register. | WARNING: Do not deposit slugs | or mutilated coins | The Ideal Method of Saving;
sul lato inferiore: DIRECTIONS FOR SETTING DIALS | BACK TO $ 0.00 | It is necessary for the key to pass through | slots in two dials of the mechanism. Insert | key in slot at top center of bank and turn to the right, adding a slight downward pressure | until key catches in slot of first dial, then | by continuing to turn, and pressing down- | ward, it will locate and catch in slot of | second dial. Continue turning until both dials | register $ 0.00. Remove key.
Sito US Bank Locators: https://www.usbanklocations.com/first-federal-savings-bank-of-south-dakota-27853.shtml (ultima consultazione 05/06/2018, Ossola M.);
Sito Mechanical Banks: http://www.mechanicalbanks.org/scrapbook/patents/4-107165-2472064/2278008.pdf (ultima consultazione 01/06/2018, Ossola M.)
Sito US Bank Locators: https://www.usbanklocations.com/first-federal-savings-bank-of-south-dakota-27853.shtml (ultima consultazione 05/06/2018, Ossola M.);
Sito Mechanical Banks: http://www.mechanicalbanks.org/scrapbook/patents/4-107165-2472064/2278008.pdf (ultima consultazione 01/06/2018, Ossola M.)
ESTERO
ISTITUTI FINANZIARI
SALVADANAIO
Il brevetto del salvadanaio "Add-o-Matic" è datato 1942 ed assegnato all'inventore Denver H. Greer (cfr. bibliografia).
metallo/cromatura
scatola: colore azzurro, verde e bianco
scatola: 11,1x10,8x5,3 cm