Name/Title
Pricing SystemDescription
a complete grocery store pricing kit; has 43 pieces of shaped wire; each wire is a single piece bent to form a loop on one end and an elongated rectangle on the other end; the loop end has an additional piece of metal wrapped around it; collection of octagon shaped paper discs printed in green and red with prices ranging from 8 cents to $1.00 in original cardboard box; each paper tag is printed at bottom "Pat. Mar. 21, 1922; was used in a small corner grocery to price items; appears a thumbtack was inserted through the 2nd piece of metal on the loop end of the wire which allowed the wire to hang down; the paper disc were notched at the bottom so that they fit snugly inside the elongated rectangle end of the wire. Donated thru board member, no signed donor form; all pieces under 1983.063.001Collection
Helen TurnerAcquisition
Accession
1983.063Source or Donor
Helen TurnerAcquisition Method
BequestCreate Date
February 27, 2001Update Date
April 9, 2004