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Antique Check Protector Gallery

~ Small Check Protectors ~

Ad Illustration Click to Enlarge	Model, Years Patented, Years Advertising Observed, Manufacturer	Photograph Click to Enlarge
	Security Check Protector Patented 1871-79 ~ Advertised 1879-c.1899 Walker, Tucker & Co. Philadelphia, PA Specimen of the pattern embossed.
.	Buffalo Check Protector Patented 1871 ~ Exhibited 1873 ~ Advertised 1870s R. B. Carsley & Co., Chicago, IL (1871-73) The Buffalo Check Protecting Stamp Co., New York, NY (1870s)	Same as the Pan-American Check Protector (1901) below.
.	Geometrical Check Protector Advertised 1871 R. B. Carsley & Co., Chicago, IL No image available. R. B. Carsley & Co. "exhibited the Buffalo embossing press, geometrical check protector, etc., the whole contained in a fine walnut case" in 1873. (Interstate Exposition Souvenir..., Great Inter-State Exposition of 1873, Chicago, 1873, p. 189)  Carsley & Co. sold two check protectors to the Post Office for a total of $15 in the year ended June 30, 1874.  (Contingent Expenses of the Post Office Department, 43rd Congress, 2nd Session, Ex. Doc 48, p. 4)	.
	Centennial Check Protector Advertised 1876-1881 Robert Woodman Boston, MA The image to the left is the Woodman Centennial Check Protector advertised in Important Events of the Century 1776-1876, 1876, p. 130. Woodman also exhibited "check protectors" in 1881. (Fourteenth Exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, Boston, 1881, p. 71) The photo to the right shows an identical check protector marked "Metallic Art Works."
.	Bassett Check Protector Advertised for sales agents 1877 "Check protector that fits on your penholder." No image available	.
.	Bankers and Brokers Check Protector Chas. A. Randall New York, NY Mentioned in trade press 1878 No image available. In light of its claimed use by banks, perhaps this was not small.	.
	Hill Check Protector (a.k.a. Pearl Check Protector, Lever Check Protector) Advertised 1880-85, c. 1899-1902, 1919 B. B. Hill, Springfield, MA (1880) B. B. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, PA (1885) Peiffer Brothers, Philadelphia, PA (c. 1899)
	Robbins' Check Protector Advertised 1886 Haff & Co. Hartford, CT	.
Insert image from Office 12/90	Perfect Check Protector Advertised 1890 Perfect Check Protector Co. St. Louis, MO	.
	Pearl Check Protector (a.k.a. Lever Check Protector, T Lever Check Protector,  Crown Check Protector, National Check Protector) (Japanned) Advertised 1892-1924 Peiffer Brothers, Philadelphia, PA (c. 1899) J. B. Benson, Pittsburg, PA, and Rochester, NY (National)
	Pearl Check Protector (a.k.a. No. 5 Check Protector, Crown Check Protector) (nickel-plated) Advertised 1892-1925, 1928 (Crown) B.B. Hill Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, PA (No. 5) Peiffer Brothers, Philadelphia, PA (No. 5) (c. 1899)
.	Check Perforator Patented 1896 by Frank Zander US
	Wizard Indelible Check Perforator Advertised 1898 Forshee & Co. Cincinnati, OH	.
	Utility Check Protector (a.k.a. Upright Check Protector) Advertised 1896-c.1907 Peiffer Brothers, Philadelphia, PA
	Check Protector Wm. Krugsrud, New York, NY (distributor)	.
.	Pan-American Check Protector 1901 J. B. Benson Pittsburg, PA The mechanical part of this device is the same as that of the Buffalo Check Protector sold by R. B. Carsley & Co., Chicago, in the 1870s (see above), except for the type of metal used.
	Grabler Check Protector (a.k.a. Bank Check Protector, Vest Pocket Check Protector) Patented 1902 ~ Advertised 1900-30 Columbia Specialty Mfg. Co., Washington, DC (1900-02) Cushman & Denison Mfg. Co., New York, NY (1905-16) Terry Mfg. Co, Toledo, OH 1900-02, 1928 Price $.25; 1906 Price $.50 Sterling silver version based on same patent was advertised by Unger Bros. in 1904. Top photograph to right courtesy of Mike Guthrie	Grabler  Unger Bros.
.	Check Protector
	Merritt's Check Punch Patented 1902 (confirm) ~ Advertised 1903-04 Julius L. Brown, Chicago (1903) Fred W Porter, Galesburg, IL (1904) Merritt Check Punch Co., Milwaukee, WI 1903-04 Price $0.50
	Rothe's Improved Pocket Check Protector Home Products Chicago, IL
	Little Giant Check Protector, Envelope Opener and Paper Knife Patented 1903 ~ Advertised 1903-04 ~ Marketed 1905 Montgomery Gibbs Co., New York, NY Amenoco Novelty Co., Syracuse, NY
	Stewart Check Protector Advertised 1904-07 Stewart Check Protector Chicago, IL Embosses on the check "$5 LESS THAN X DOLLARS  $5," or another amount from $5 to $500. This 2" high device was $5 in 1906.	.
	Bank Check Protector, Paper Cutter & Scale Advertised 1904 Novelty Appliance Co. New York, NY	.
	Alligator Check Protector and Envelope Opener Patented 1906 ~ Advertised 1904-13 S. I. Atwater New York, NY
	Check Protector
.	Holzman's Check Protector Marketed 1905 A. Holzman, Greenville, MS	.
H312	Pocket Check Protector Advertised c. 1910 The Hoskins Co. Philadelphia, PA	.
.	Page Check Protector (a.k.a. Bankers Check Protector) Patented 1912 ~ Advertised 1915 (Page) Page Manufacturing Co., San Francisco, CA Bankers Utilities Co., San Francisco, CA	Bankers Page
.	Safety Check Protector (a.k.a. DeLuxe Pocket Check Protector,  Cockrell DeLuxe Pocket Check Protector) Patented 1915 ~ Advertised 1915 Safety Check Protector Corp., North Chicago, IL (Safety) Pocket Check Protector Co., Los Angeles, CA (DeLuxe) The Safety appears to have been labeled with the names of retailers, e.g., Harvard Specialty Company, Cambridge, MA, or Wachusett Specialty Co., Worchester, MA.	Safety DeLuxe
.	Combination Check Writer 1915 S. T. Thorsen Mfg. Co. Boston, MA
	Simplex Check Protector Mechanical Engineering Co. Seattle, WA
.	Little Wonder Check Protector Piqua Check Protector Co. Piqua, OH
	Safety Check Protector Patented 1930 Safety Devices Corp. Grand Rapids, MI.
1923 ad	Security Check Protector (top two pictures) Security Fountain Pen and Check Protector (bottom) Produced early 1920s-early 1930s ~ Advertised 1923-24 Security Pen Corp., Chicago, IL (1923-24), subsequently Indiana In 1961, Hamilton Pen advertised the Registrar pen and check protector,  a somewhat similar device with a plastic check protector.
.	ProtexU Check Writer American Corporation Chicago, IL.  Dial a number from 1 to 1000, insert check, press button on right,  and the ProtexU macerates a word from ONE to THOUSAND.
	Winter Check Protector Advertised 1959 Winter Media, PA	.
	Registrar Check Protector Advertised 1961 Hamilton Pen U.S.

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