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Antique Check Protector Gallery
~ 1900-1920s ~

Ad Illustration Click to Enlarge	Model, Years Patented, Years Advertising Observed, Manufacturer	Photograph Click to Enlarge
.	Columbia Check Protector Kruse & Weiss Motor Co. New York, NY
1902 ad (above)	Protectograph Check Protector Patented 1896-1913 ~ Design Patent 1901 ~ Advertised 1901-24 G. W. Todd & Company Rochester, NY In 1910, the company claimed that 85,000 Protectographs were in use. Below machine in photo to right is a specimen of what the  machine prints on checks. When the dial is set to 2000 as shown,  the machine prints: NOT OVER TWO THOUSAND $2000*
.	Defiance Check Protector Patent Application 1899 ~ Patent issued 1907 Defiance Machine Co. Rochester, NY This machine is 13" tall and weighs 30 lb.
	Beebe Indelible Check Protector Patented 1896-1905 ~ Advertised c.1906, 1908-24 Beebe Check Protector Company, Rochester, NY Subsequently, Todd Protectograph Co., Rochester, NY (1924)	.
	Baby Defiance Check Protector  (a.k.a. Defiance Draft and Check Protector,   Defiance Check Protector, Indelible Slotted Cut Check Protector) Patented 1897-1904 ~ Advertised c. 1902, c. 1904, 1905-15 Defiance Machine Company, Rochester, NY Models advertised c. 1902-c.1904 had a lever rather than a plunger on top. Model advertised c. 1906 had round dials on both sides of the machine.
.	The Challenge Check Protector The Challenge Manufacturing Co. Rochester, NY Courtesy of Larry Wilhelm
.	New Printamount Patented 1905 ~ Advertised 1903 E. E. Angell & Co. Boston, MA
	Protecticheck Advertised 1903-04 (top left), 1905 (bottom left) Rochester Metal Mfg. Co. Rochester, NY	.
	Stewart Check Protector Advertised 1904-07 Stewart Check Protector Chicago, IL	.
.	Mahler Indelible Check Perforator and Protector Marketed 1905 Louis F. Mahler, St. Louis, MO	.
	Defiance Check Writer (a.k.a. Defiance Commercial Check Writer,   Defiance Dividend Check Writer) Advertised 1906-24 Defiance Machine Co., Rochester, NY	.
	International Check Protector Patented 1896-1905 ~ Advertised 1909-24 G. W. Todd & Co. Rochester, NY Used principally for foreign exchange.
.	Universal Check Protector Patented 1907-11 Universal Manufacturing Co. Boston, MA
.	Dupligraph Check Protector Patented 1907 ~ Advertised c. 1909 Angell Mfg. Co. Boston, MA 209  849  900  926  1273
	Zono Check Protector Advertised 1910 Zono Manufacturing Co. Pasadena, CA	.
.	Safety Check Protector (a.k.a. New Safety Check Protector) Patented 1907-09 ~ Advertised 1911 (Safety), 1924 (New Safety) Safety Check Protector Co., Boston, MA Subsequently, Todd Protectograph Co., Rochester, NY (1924)
1911 ad. Courtesy of the Museum of Business History and  Technology.	Underwood Combination Check Writing and Perforating Machine Advertised 1911	.
	Defiance Pay Roll Check Writer Advertised 1912-19 Defiance Check Writer Corp. Rochester, NY	.
	Protectograph Check Writer Patented 1913-23 ~ Introduced 1913 ~ Advertised 1913-28 (Patents listed for 1901-12 are for earlier machine) G. W. Todd & Co., Rochester, NY Subsequently, Todd Protectograph Company, Rochester, NY Different models were known as the Exactly, Thoroughbred and Double Quick.
	New Era Check Protector Introduced 1913 ~ Advertised 1913-14, 1919 New Era Manufacturing Company New York, NY (1913-14)
	New Era Check Writer (a.k.a Smith Check Writer) Introduced 1913 ~ Advertised 1914, 1919 New Era Manufacturing Company New York, NY (1914) C. E. Smith & Co., New York, NY (1919)
Peerless Senior Picture coming S1013	Peerless Senior Check Writer Advertised 1913-24 Peerless Check Protecting Co., Rochester, NY (1913-14) Subsequently, Todd Protectograph Co., Rochester, NY (1924) 1914 ad states that the Senior was sold in 1912.
.	Peerless Junior Check Writer Advertised 1914-24 Peerless Check Protecting Co., Rochester, NY (1913-14) Subsequently, Todd Protectograph Co., Rochester, NY (1924)
.	Simplex Check Writer Patented 1904-15 Todd Protectograph Company Rochester, NY
	F & E Check Writer & Protector Patented 1915-20 ~ Advertised 1914-24 Hedman Manufacturing Company Chicago, IL F & E stands for Fesler & Evans
.	Sentinel Check Writer (a.k.a. National Check Writer) Patented 1916-25 ~ Advertised 1924 Hall-Welter Company Rochester, NY
	Arnold Check Protector Patented 1916 ~ Advertised 1929-39 Arnold Inc. Flint, MI
.	Safe-Guard Signature Check Writer Model N John Whitaker Mfg. Co. North Wales, PA
	Safe-Guard Check Writer Model Y Patented 1917-18 ~ Advertised 1917-28 Safe-Guard Check Writer Company Lansdale, PA & New York, NY
	Defiance Dividend Check Writer Advertised 1919-24 Defiance Check Writer Corp. Rochester, NY	.
.	F & E Lightning Check Writer Patented 1918-20 ~ Advertised 1920-24 Hedman Manufacturing Company Chicago, IL
.	Checkometer Check-Writer and Protector Patented 1919-25 ~ Advertised 1925 Checkometer Co. Chicago, IL
	New Era Checkwriter No. 4 Advertised 1918-19 New Era Manufacturing Co. New York, NY
.	New Era Checkwriter No. 5 Patented 1920 New Era Manufacturing Co. New York, NY
.	National Check Writer Model D National Checkwriter Co. Chicago, IL
	Defiance Dimunette Check Protector (a.k.a. Grammes Check Protector) Patented 1915 ~ Advertised 1920-24 Defiance Check Writer Corp. Rochester, NY
1923 ad. Courtesy of the Museum of Business History and  Technology.	Wright Check Protector Advertised 1923 Wright Co., Chicago, IL Specimen
.	Protectograph Personal Check Writer Model 1500 Patented 1923 ~ Advertised 1925-30 Todd Protectograph Company Rochester, NY
.	Securograph Junior Check Writer Todd Protectograph Company Rochester, NY
.	Crescent Check Writer Crescent Check Writer Co. Chicago, IL
.	Check Protector
.	Sampson Permagraph Patent Application 1929 ~ Introduced Patent Issued ~ Patented 1934 Sampson Permagraph Co., Inc, Rochester, NY Larry Wilhelm (ETCetera, Issue 18, Mar. 1992) and Rehr (1997) provide photographs and descriptions of this machine, which resembles a large, wide-carriage, single-element electric typewriter with an outboard motor.  It weighs 52 lbs. Rehr reports that it was "created as an electric checkwriter for use in banks," where it may also have been used to print other types of financial documents.  The type perforates the paper on which the typing is done.	.

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