NCR NEWS, Boys and Girl Gardeners and Boy's Box Furniture Company Article   Save
NCR NEWS
Description: This article titled, "Boys and Girl Gardeners and Boy's Box Furniture Company" was published in the NCR NEWS in March 1919 (pages 28-31). The NCR NEWS first was printed in July of 1914 for employees of the National Cash Register Company. This issue is composed of 112 pages plus cover. The NCR NEWS monthly issues of that era are full of work and family-life articles, leisure stories, announcements of all sorts, and throughout many pictures of staff and families. The issues are printed on high quality, 6" by 8.75" (15.24 cm by 22.23 cm) paper. The NCR gardening program promoted good health and employees and their families. The program offered garden plots and provided instructional staff to employees and their children. John H. Patterson founded the National Cash Register Company in Dayton, Ohio. Patterson (1844-1922), hoping the machines could save him money by reducing accounting errors in his supply business, purchased the patent rights to the cash register from James Ritty in 1884. Within six months, he reduced his debt and showed a profit. Patterson built the first National Cash Register factory on his family farm in Dayton in 1888. By the turn of the century, the company had become one of the largest employers in Dayton. Known for his strict training program for salespeople and health and education programs for employees, Patterson was closely involved in the daily lives of many of his employees. View on Ohio Memory.
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Subjects: Business and Labor; NCR Corporation; Factories; Employees; Gardens
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)