Results for "Inventions"
- Blog Post
See Here: 8/20/2010
- Date: August 20, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="410" caption="Sheila Hershey rings up a "sale" on world's first cash register, which was placed in the Smithsonian Institution on July 1, 1959, The device was invented in 1879 by James Ritty, a Dayton, Ohio, cafe owner, who sold the rights to the machine for $1,000, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian
- Blog Post
See Here: 5/11/2012
- Date: May 11, 2012
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.