James Ritty
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James Jacob Ritty, saloonkeeper and inventor, is known as the inventor of one of the earliest cash registers.
James Jacob Ritty
Reproduction of Ritty Dial, an early example of a practical cash register
John Henry Patterson was an American industrialist and founder of the National Cash Register Company. He was a businessperson and salesperson. He headed relief efforts after the 1913 Dayton flood, and
James Ritty
…and glassware salesman who formed the National Manufacturing Company, and John and Frank Patterson, who were then in the coal and railroad business. John H. Patterson became majority owner in 1884, when the company was renamed The National Cash Register Company. Ritty was not resentful that he did not benefit much…
John Henry Patterson NCR
Worker house gardens in Dayton, Ohio, after renovation by John Charles Olmsted (1896)