For your consideration is this Standard Cash Register Autographic Register, circa. 1920. The Autographic Register was invented by James Shoup in 1883. While Shoup started his own company making the registers, the other cash register companies of the time started building their own. This Standard Cash Register has a further advancement: sprocket-fed paper. The idea of the autographic cash register was this: A wooden box with a lockable cash drawer and a tally roll. The tally roll moved automatically when the drawer was opened and was under a separate lock to prevent employee tampering. The box is of quarter-sawn oak with a slanted writing surface and has brass and other metal elements, including ledger paper surround and finger combination lock. Unlike the National Cash Registers of the time, which had the finger combination lock on top, Standard Cash Register put it on the left side of the register. A flaking label on the front reads, "Standard Cash Register/ Wabash, Ind." An original label on the inside gives instruction on feeding the register tape/ paper. The register appears to be complete. mechanically with the working drawer and combination lock--there's even an original roll of paper on the register roll! The bell does not ring, but seems to only need a spring to function properly. Missing is the key to lock the paper register. Measures 20.5" wide x 20" deep x 10.75" tall. For a complete representation of condition and for additional images please call 800-686-4216. It is the buyer’s responsibility to view each image and preview the item to determine condition.