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My great uncle Len's store in Baltimore, Md. Len is third from right. Note the National Cash Register...

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Translated "The Tower of Babel".

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Uploaded on Mar 16, 2011  |  Map

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A side and rear view of reassembled unit.

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Uploaded on Mar 16, 2011  |  Map

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Complete for now.

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This is as far as I am going with this for now. Later the case will be buffed out, key checks replaced and the oak case with be refinished.

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Uploaded on Mar 15, 2011  |  Map

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Final assembly showing printer side of machine.

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Side view with all but the front assembly completed. Note the original milk glass coin slab and counter reset key.

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Rear view with back off. The unit has been placed back on its oak cash drawer case.

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A view of the register keys and their spring assemblies. New numbered key checks will be order for replacement. This machine goes up to $7.99.

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Side shot showing the main drive gears and the crank handle.

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A side view of the internal mechanism of this cash register.

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Another shot of the case with the base frame.

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I spent days cleaning this machine. I have cleaned and polished most of the brass case but ultimately I will buff it out and then apply a clear coat.

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This register is solid brass and weighs a ton!

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I bought this cash register at the flea market recently. It was in a box in a thousand pieces!

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The watch worn by Abraham Lincoln the night of his assassination.

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Dedicated on May 30, 1922

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The Castle was the first Smithsonian building, begun in 1847 by architect James Renwick, Jr.

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Uploaded on Jan 19, 2011  |  Map

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