Whether it's a multimillion dollar company with franchises all over the world or a neighborhood lemonade stand, every business that takes in money has to do an accounting of that money. This makes the ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — Imagine a store without a cash register and no other accurate ways to quickly tally up daily sales. That was the case for all retail establishments before the 1880s. Most store ...

Prior to the turn of the 20th century, retail transactions were commonly recorded by hand using some type of ledger system. The process was cumbersome and time consuming. The invention of the modern ...

In Dayton, Ohio, the National Cash Register Co. maintains a private museum. Here appear a vast array of cash registers, each with its neat descriptive sign. John Henry Patterson, developer of the ...