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Contents "A" to "Z"
A B C D E F G H
I J K L M
N O P Q R
S T U V W
X Y Z
A
to C D to H I
to O P to Z
1930's - Scrapbook
Listings
1940's - Scrapbook Listings
1950's
- F. H. Griffith Articles
1950's - Scrapbook Listings
1960's
- F. H. Griffith Articles
1960's - Scrapbook Listings
1970's -
F. H. Griffith Articles
1970's - Scrapbook Listings
1980's
- F. H. Griffith Articles
1980's - Scrapbook Listings
J. & E. Stevens Co. - Scrapbook
Listings
Ina Hayward Bellows - Excerpts
from 1940 Book
John D. Meyer
- Handbook
Miscellaneous - Scrapbook Listings
Patent Papers -
Scrapbook Listings
A
1c, 5c & 10c Adding Banks - Griffith, Dec. 1963,
Dec. 1968,
5c$,
10c$,
5cPhoto,
1cPhoto-1,
1cPhoto-2,
20th Century Savings Bank - Griffith, Jan. 1973,
$,
A & P Coffee -
Advertisement
Acrobat Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Sep. 1958,
Dec. 1960,
275,068, $,
Photo,
Advertising Cards - Griffith,
May 1956, Jul.
1966, Aug. 1966,
Oct. 1966
Afghanistan Bank - Haber, Meyer, Griffith, Aug, 1957,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Alligator In Trough -
$, Meyer
Alms Box - Bellows
- Photo,
2,000 Year-old Alms Box,
Times, Aug. 16, 1938,
$,
American Antiques
Collector - 1940 Bank Notes
American Collector - 1934
Article, Toy Banks Lured Children to Ways of Thrift
American Collector - 1938 Article
Alligator in Trough (Blowpipe) -
70,569,
$,
Photo,
Always did 'Spise a Mule, toy - Griffith, Sep. 1967
American Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Jul. 1955,
$,
Photo,
Animated Bank Photos - Girl
Skipping Rope, Hall's Excelsior Bank,
Leap Frog Bank, Lion
Hunter Bank, Magic Bank, Owl Turns Head Bank,
5 Banks,
Animated Bell Ringer Toys - Griffith,
Feb. 1957
Animated Toy Pistols - Griffith,
Jul. 1958
Antiques Magazine - 1926 Toy Banks,
Cover & Article
Archie Andrews Bank -
Adv,
$, Photo,
Artillery, Eight Sided House - Meyer, Griffith, Aug.1954,
Apr. 1959,
$,
Artillery, Helmeted Figure - Griffith, Nov. 1972,
$,
Artillery, Square Block House - Meyer, Griffith, Apr. 1971,
Oct. 1957, 1892
Adv,
Bill Norman-1982,
D-21,594,
Adv,
$, Photo,
Atlas Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Feb. 1961,
$,
Photo,
Auction Prices for mechanical banks sold
at Auctions —
Average
Selling Prices, A-C, D-H,
I-O, P-Z,
A-Z (824k),
Automatic Coin Savings Bank - Griffith, Jan. 1957,
Sep. 1960, Apr. 1961,
$,
Photo,
Automatic Registering -
Butler Brothers —
1907,
Avocations, by Norman Sherwood -
Dec.
’37, Jan.
’38, Feb.
’38, March
’38, April
’38, May
’38, June
’38, Nov.
’38, Dec.
’38
B 
Baby Elephant Unlocks at 10 - Meyer, Griffith, Jun. 1956,
234,518,
Adv,
$,
Bad Accident Bank - Meyer, Griffith, May, 1965,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Bailey's Banks - Griffith,
Feb. 1963
Bailey, Chas. A. - 1886
Pug Frog Bicycle Bank Agreement
Bailey's Watch Bank - Photo,
Ball, Frank L. - 1944, Promotes War
Bonds, Article
Ball, Frank L. - 1949 Brochure
Ball, Frank L. - 1949 Man has 1000
toys, Article
Ball, Frank L. - 1950 Cambridge Chronicle
Sun, Article
Ball, Frank
L. - Never Grew Up, March 1953, Boston Sunday Post Magazine
Ball, Frank L. - 1953 Savannah
Evening Press, Article
Ball, Frank L. - 1956 Bath
Times, Article
Ball, Frank L. -
1961 Price List of banks offered for sale at attractive
prices
Ball, Frank L. -
F.H.
Griffith Tribute, Hobbies, January, 1964
Bamboula Bank - Griffith, Jul. 1956,
$,
Bank Collectors' Club, MBCA - Griffith, Feb. 1954,
Jan. 1959, Nov. 1959
Bank Construction - Griffith,
Dec. 1953
Bank News - 1946 Article
Bank of Education and Economy - Meyer, Griffith, Aug. 1962,
Sep. 1963,
538,494,
$,
Photo
Bank of England - Bellows
Bank Teller - Meyer,
Griffith, Feb. 1953,
Sep. 1951,
Aug. 1955,
Jul. 1960,
180,574,
$,
Banker Bodfish Collects Banks - HOBBIES
Sep. 1957
Barking Dog Bank aka Watch Dog
Safe - Griffith, Oct. 1961,
Royalty Agreement,
$,
Barrel, Movable Arms - Meyer,
$,
Photo (with ink well),
Barrenholz Visit - Griffith,
Nov. 1974
Battery Operated Banks - Griffith, Dec. 1978,
Nov. 1978, Nov. 1977, Apr. 1979
Bavarian Organ Grinder —
Photo,
Bear and Tree Stump - Meyer, Griffith, Mar. 1966,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Bear Standing, Slot in Chest - Meyer, Griffith, Nov. 1965,
Nov. 1971,
$, Photo
(white-recast),
Photo
(copper oxidized),
Bear, Surly - Meyer,
$,
Bedtime Story, 1903 -
THE MONEY
BOX
Beehive Registering -
469,773, Photo,
Adv,
$,
Bellows, Ina Hayward - 1940
Book Listing, Text,
Part 1, Text, Part 2,
Selected Photos, Part 1 of 2,
Selected Photos, Part 2 of 2,
1947 Supplementary Data to
Book, HOBBIES
Sep. 1939, HOBBIES
Sep. 1940, HOBBIES
Jun. 1945, HOBBIES
Mar. 1948 book article,
Review of Mrs. Bellows
book, N.Y. Sun, Aug. 31, 1940,
Ben Franklin Cash Register -
The W. Bingham
Co. — 1935,
Benjamin F. Butler - Haber
Betsy Ross Bank - Griffith, Aug. 1976,
$,
Photo,
Bill E. Grinn - Meyer, Griffith, Oct. 1964,
May, 1961,
Sherwood, 1938,
1,147,978,
$, Photo,
Photo (bronze),
Photo
- aluminum, modern,
Bill, Norman -
Mechanical Bank Collection — was sold in 1991.
Antique Toy World - Preview — September, 1991
Antiques and The Arts Weekly — September 20, 1991
Antiques and The Arts Weekly — October 4, 1991
Maine Antique Digest — November 1991
Antique Toy World — November 1991
Billy Goat - Meyer, Griffith, Jan. 1956,
Apr. 1958,
965,842,
$,
Bird on Roof - Meyer, Griffith, Jun. 1960, D-10,509,
$,
Photo,
Bismark Pig - Hertz, Griffith, Mar. 1956,
Mar. 1952,
Apr. 1955,
Jun. 1961,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Blacksmith Bank - Bellows
- Photo, Meyer,
Griffith, Jul. 1961,
Oct. 1962
BLESS US
ALL© - A great
Mechanical Bank song by Aaron and Abby Schroeder,
Bless
Us All
on YouTube,
Bobby in Tower Bank - Griffith, Nov. 1975
Bodfish, Morton - 1950 The
Rotarian, Article
Bodfish, Morton - 1951 Hobbies,
Article
Bodfish, Morton - 1951 American
Magazine, Article
Bodfish, Morton - 1957 Hobbies,
Article - Griffith, Sep.
1957
Bonzo Bank, tin - Griffith, Apr. 1977,
$,
Book Bank -
1922 Advertising,
Book of Knowledge Reproduction Banks -
Growler Letter,
1960 - Book of Knowledge, cast from originals,
Bow-ery Bank - Bellows, Meyer, Griffith, May 1958, May 1959,
$,
Bowing Man in Cupola Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Jun. 1957,
Sep. 1955,
Jun. 1956,
May 1960,
$,
Bowling Alley Bank - Bellows, Meyer, Griffith, Nov. 1954,
Sherwood, 1938,
222,058,
$, Photo,
Boy and Bull Dog Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Jan. 1969,
Apr. 1963,
$,
Photo,
Photo - Pattern,
Boy at Desk, patent model - Photo,
Boy, Frog, and Dog - Patent
Drawing
Boy on Trapeze - Meyer, Griffith, Jan. 1965,
Nov. 1952,
Apr. 1956,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Boy Robbing Birds Nest Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Jan. 1963,
Jun. 1962,
$,
Photo,
Boy Scout Bank - Haber, Meyer, Griffith, Apr. 1964,
Adv,
$, Photo,
Boy Stealing Watermelons Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Sep. 1965,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Bread Winners Bank - Haber, Meyer, Griffith, May 1952, May 1955,
Adv,
Royalty Agreement,
$,
Photo,
British Lion Bank - Bellows, Griffith, Dec. 1973, $,
Photo,
Bucking Mule Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Apr. 1963,
Bucking Mule Bank, John M. Smyth Merchandise Co., 1917 adv,
$,
Photo,
Buffalo, twist tail - Photo, $,
Building-Loan Journal
- "Acorns" from which our National Thrift has Grown, June 1939
Building, Circular - Meyer
Building, Small - Meyer
Bull and Bear Bank - Hertz, Meyer, Griffith, Jun. 1961,
$,
Bull Dog Bank - , Meyer, Griffith, Jul. 1974
,
226,831,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Bull Dog Savings Bank - Griffith, May 1954,
206,893,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Bull Dog, Standing - Meyer, Griffith, Mar. 1966,
Adv,
$,
Photo, Photo
- pattern,
Bull, horns move - Photo,
Bull or Steer - Meyer,
Photo,
Bull Tosses Boy - Meyer,
Photo,
Bureau Banks - Meyer, Griffith, Nov. 1967,
Jul. 1963,
May 1967, Jun. 1967, Sep. 1967,
Oct. 1970,
$, Photo,
Burglar Proof Safe -
Adv, Photo,
Burroughs Clearing House
- October, 1938 Article, Old Coin Banks Now Collectors Item, by the Editor
Burroughs Clearing House
- June, 1940 letter to the editor from Isabelle M. Bennett
Butting Buffalo Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Jul. 1959,
379,607,
$,
Photo,
Butting Goat and Tree Stump - Meyer, Griffith, Jan. 1969,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Photo, painted
variation,
Butting Ram Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Mar. 1954,
548,672,
$,
Photo,
C 
Cabin Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Aug. 1982,
Adv,
Royalty Agreement,
$,
Photo,
Calamity Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Nov. 1958,
Nov. 1951,
798,491,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Called Out Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Oct. 1955,
Sep. 1953,
Apr. 1959,
Jun. 1961,
May 1976,
Sherwood, 1938,
$,
Calumet Bank - Griffith, Sep. 1979,
Nov. 1966, Jul. 1968,
1,508,498, $,
Photo,
Cameto, Leon - Dec.
1951 - News O' Thrift Article
Camera Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Dec. 1955,
Jul.1955, Sep. 1960, Feb. 1968,
$,
Photo,
Cannon (U.S. and Spain Bank) - Meyer, Griffith Jan. 1954, Apr. 1959,
$,
Photo,
Capron, James D. - Reproduction Banks
Article
Captain Kidd Bank - Griffith, Sep. 1954
Carnival Bank - Hertz, Meyer, Griffith, Oct. 1962,
$,
Photo,
Carousel -
Adv,
$, Photo,
Cartoon - Chicago
Tribune
Cast Iron Stores -
New York City, 1849 and 1862
Catalogs - Mechanical Bank
pages from original factory catalogs
Cat and Mouse Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Nov. 1964,
May 1976,
450,833,
$,
Photo-cat standing,
$,
Photo,
Cat Chases Mouse - Meyer,
Cavalcade of Toys -
1942, Chapter IX, BANKS, by Ruth and Larry Freeman
Chandlers Bank - Griffith, Jun. 1974,
$,
Photo,
Charming Way to Save - Antique
Trader, 1972 Article
Chein Mechanical Banks - Griffith, Oct. 1969,
Chest Bank - Griffith, May 1967, Nov. 1967, Oct. 1970
Chief Big Moon Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Mar. 1965,
Antiques
Mar. 1941,
630,795,
$,
Adv, Photo,
Childs Self Adding -
$, Photo,
Chimpanzee Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Aug. 1959, Aug. 1952,
232,511,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Chinaman in Boat with Rat - Hertz, Meyer, Griffith, May 1955, Jun. 1956, Dec. 1959, Jan. 1960, Jun. 1961, $,
Photo,
Chinaman Reclining - Meyer, Griffith, Dec. 1959,
Oct. 1963,
$,
Photo,
Chocolat Meiner Vending Bank - Griffith, Feb. 1976,
$,
Christian Science Monitor
- Have You a Penny Bank, 1951 Article
Chrysler, Walter P. - 1937
Want List, December
1938, Norman Sherwood, Avocations Article,
1955
David Hollander sale of banks, 1955
New York Times, 1967
Sam Pryor Article,
Chronometer Bank - Griffith, Aug. 1969,
May, 1959,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Cigarette Dispensing -
$, Photo,
Circus Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Oct. 1952,
Bill Norman-1982,
D-18,618,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Circus Ticket Collector Bank - Meyer, Griffith, May 1962, Dec. 1960,
$,
Photo,
Cleaning Banks -
F.H.
Griffith, Jun. 1952
Clever Dick Bank - Griffith, Jun. 1972,
$,
Clock, Lux - Photo,
Clock Type Banks - Griffith, Mar. 1974
Clown and Dog Bank - Griffith, Mar. 1969,
$,
Clown at Desk Bank - Griffith, Apr. 1979
Clown Bank, tin - Meyer, Griffith, Dec. 1970, Dec. 1960,
Adv,
$,
Clown Bust Bank - Griffith, May 1961, Dec. 1960,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Clown, Harlequin and Columbine - Meyer, Griffith, Nov. 1951,
Aug. 1952,
Oct. 1955,
Feb. 1960,
Jan. 1970,
196,966,
$,
Clown Money Box Bank - Griffith, Aug. 1958,
May 1964
Clown on Bar Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Apr. 1956,
Dec. 1960,
$,
Photo,
Clown on Globe Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Feb. 1965,
Dec. 1960,
428,450,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Coasting Bank - Meyer , Griffith, Apr. 1955,
May, 1959, Jul. 1961,
815,935,
Adv,
$,
Coin Registering Bank - Griffith, Jan. 1966,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Columbian Magic Savings Bank - Griffith, Aug. 1980,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Columbia Recording -
$, Photo,
Confectionery Bank - Bellows, Meyer, Griffith, Nov. 1953,
Dec. 1951,
Aug. 1952,
243,048,
$,
Photo,
Corby, Dr. Arthur E. - Christian
Science Monitor, 1934 Article
Corby, Dr. Arthur E. - Hobbies,
Toy Bank Collection, 1937 Article
Corby, Dr. Arthur E. - New
York Sun, 1938 Article
Corby, Dr. Arthur E. - New
York Times Magazine, August 2, 1936
Corby, Dr. Arthur E. - New
York Sun, Bank Oddities Article, August 31, 1931
Corby, Dr. Arthur E. - American
Collector, Feb. 1942, A Collector's Portrait
Corby, Dr.
Arthur E. - Savings Banks Assoc. of NY, Radio Interview,
August 21, 1942
Corby, Dr. Arthur E. - Obituary, February 16, 1954
Cordes, Wilmer - Antiques,
1948 Article
CORONET -
A Portfolio of Toy Banks, March, 1939
Court Jester Bank — French - Circa 1895, cast iron, marked "SFGB on
breast pocket,
$
Cowboy, tin - Photo,
Cow Kicking Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Aug. 1953,
Jun. 1962,
$,
Photo,
Creedmoor Bank - Hertz, Meyer, Griffith, Nov. 1981,
Nov. 1958,
Dec. 1962,
196,870,
Adv,
$, Photo,
Creedmoor Bank, new - Meyer,
Jun. 1976,
$,
Photo,
Crescent Cash Register -
$,
Photo,
Cromwell's History -
Middletown (Conn.) Press, October 29, 1974
Cromwell's Iron Toy Industry - 1976
Cromwell Historical Society
Cross Legged Minstrel Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Dec. 1965,
$,
Cupola Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Jun. 1957,
146,755,
$,
Photo,
D
Danenberg, Bernard
- 1974 Daily News Article
Danenberg, Bernard - 1975
N.Y. Times Article
Dapper Dan Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Sep. 1970,
$,
Darky and Watermelon Bank -Meyer, Griffith, Aug. 1981,
Apr. 1954,
Apr. 1969,
Adv,
385,225,
$,
Darky Bust Bank - Griffith, Jun. 1968, Aug. 1964,
$,
Darky Fisherman Bank - Griffith, Jan. 1960, Feb. 1960, May, 1960,
$,
Darkey in Chimney -
$, Photo,
Darktown Battery Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Jun. 1965,
May 1954, Nov. 1961,
1,532,424, Adv,
$,
Photo,
Delta SKY
- 1985 In-Flight Magazine, Article
Dentist Bank - 1964 First
Federal Saver, Meyer,
Griffith, Jun. 1953,
$,
Photo,
Dime Pistol Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Dec.
1961, Sep.
1960,
934,957,
Photo-Iron_and_Tin,
Photo-Tin-with-box, A.
C. McClurg & Co.'s — 1911-1912A Adv,
$,
Photo,
Dime Registering, Clock -
Ladies' Home
Journal, Premium Supplement — 1891,
Dime Registering, Chest -
Ridleys'
Fashion Magazine — Autumn, 1889,
Dinah and Fairy Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Jul. 1961,
Dinah and her Husband, aluminum - Griffith, Jan. 1971
Dinah Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Dec. 1956,
Sep. 1962,
Jan. 1971,
Adv,
$, Photo,
Ding Dong Bell Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Oct. 1954,
Jul. 1961,
Aug. 1963, Dec. 1963,
Adv,
$,
Dog Bull, Standing - Meyer, Griffith, Mar. 1966,
$,
Photo,
Photo-Pattern,
Dog Charges Boy Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Jan. 1969,
Dog, I Hear A Call - Meyer,
$,
Adv,
Photo,
Dog, Lost - Meyer,
Hertz,
$,
Dog on Turntable Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Aug. 1979,
Jul. 1952,
Apr. 1963,
Adv,
$, Photo,
Dog, Snapping Bank - Meyer, Griffith, May 1954, Apr. 1958
Dog, Standing Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Mar. 1966
Dog, Trick, 6 part base - Meyer,
Griffith, Dec. 1974,
Sep. 1957, Dec. 1960,
$,
Photo,
Dog, Trick, modern - Meyer, Griffith, Sep. 1953,
Mar. 1968,
Griffith, Jul. 1980,
$,
Photo,
Dog with Tray Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Oct. 1958,
232,512,
$,
Photo,
Doll's Head - Meyer,
$,
Donkey, Trick - Meyer
Droste's Spaar-Automaat Bank- Griffith, Feb. 1976,
$,
E

Eagle and Eaglets Bank - Stevens 1883 Letter, Meyer,
Griffith, Jan. 1976, Charles
M Henn - research by Helen Situka,
1958 Adv.,
Animated Photo,
271,200,
Royalty Agreement,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Early Mechanical Inventions - Griffith, Dec. 1954
Education and Economy Bank - Meyer, Griffith Aug. 1962, Sep. 1963,
$,
Photo,
Electrical Workers
Journal - 1966 Article
Electric Hour - Advertisement
Electric Safe -
767,298,
$,
Photo,
Elephant, 3 Stars - Meyer, Griffith, Mar. 1973,
$,
Photo,
Elephant, Baby - Meyer,
$,
Elephant and Three Clowns on Tub - Meyer, Griffith, Oct. 1963,
Dec. 1960,
Sherwood, 1938,
D-14,238,
Adv,
$, Photo,
Elephant, Hannibal - Meyer
Elephant, Howdah, man pops out - Meyer, Griffith, Sep. 1972,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Elephant, Howdah, pull tail - Meyer, Griffith, Jun. 1983,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Elephant, Jumbo - Meyer, Griffith, Jan. 1962,
Oct. 1956,
Dec. 1960,
Jul. 1967,
Adv,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Elephant, Locked Howdah Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Dec. 1972,
Richard Lederer - 1946 correspondence,
667,332,
$,
Photo,
Elephant, made in Canada - Griffith, Feb. 1971,
$,
Photo, 3
stars,
Elephant, modern - Meyer, Griffith, Sep. 1953,
Mar. 1968,
$, Photo,
Elephant, moves trunk, large and small - Griffith, Aug. 1983,
D-37,474,
$,
Photo, large,
$,
Photo, small,
Elephant Opens at 10 O'clock - Meyer, Griffith, Jun. 1956,
May 1955,
Jan. 1960,
$,
Elephant, Raised Coin Slot - Griffith, Aug. 1980,
$,
Photo,
Elephant, Small - J. Meyer,
Elephant, Royal, tin - Meyer, Griffith Nov. 1960, Mar. 1972,
$,
Elephant, trunk moves - Griffith, Sep. 1953,
Sep. 1967,
Elephant, Wheels, Jumbo - Meyer, Griffith, Jan. 1962,
$,
Photo,
Elephant with Howdah Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Sep. 1972,
$, Photo,
Elephant with Locked Howdah - Meyer, Griffith, Dec. 1972,
"Grandfather's Piggy
Bank", RELICS Magazine, April 1970,
$,
Photo,
Elephant with Tusks on Wheels - Meyer, Griffith, Jul. 1967,
$,
Emerine, Andrew - 1924 Memo and Literature
Emerine, Andrew - 1930 Memo and folder
Emerine, Andrew - 1932 Antiques
Article
Emerine, Andrew - 1936 Antiques,
Old Penny Banks
Emerine, Andrew - 1937
Hobbies, Collector of Banks of Distinction
Emerine, Andrew -
1938 FARM JOURNAL
Emerine, Andrew
- 1938 Avocations, Article
Emerine,
Andrew - 1939 Antiques, July Article
Emerine, Andrew - 1939 Brochure
Emerine, Andrew - 1940 Coronet
Article
Emerine,
Andrew - Treasures Rare Toys, Cleveland Plain Dealer
Emerine, Andrew - 1941 Brochure
Emerine, Andrew - 1941 All risk insurance policy covers 200 banks
Emerine,
Andrew - 1943 Newspaper Article
Emerine, Andrew - 1946 Antiques,
October Article
Emerine, Andrew - Brochure, date
unknown
Emerine, Andrew - Mechanical Bank
U. S. Patent Numbers, Listing
Emerine, Andrew - Saturday
Evening Post, 1947 Article
Emerine, Andrew - Saturday
Evening Post, 1947 Poster
Emerine, Andrew - 1950 Brochure
Emerine, Andrew - 1952 Letter to Edward T, Richards
Emerine
Collection on Display - Hobbies, July 1955
Emerine, Andrew
- Fostoria Review-Times, November 1957
Emerine, Andrew
- 1958
Newspaper Article
Emerine, Andrew
- 1962 — Honoured at
90
Emerine, Andrew - Claimed at 94, The Fostoria Review Times
English Bust Banks - Griffith, May 1971, Jun. 1971
English vs. American Banks - Griffith, May 1957
F

Fake Banks - Griffith, Aug. 1967
Feed the Goose Bank - Griffith, May, 1974,
$,
Feed the Kitty Bank - Hertz, 1960 Spinning Wheel,
Meyer, Griffith, Oct. 1962,
Jul. 1961,
1,525,116,
$,
Ferguson,
William F - BANK NOTES mailed to collectors, in 1940s
Ferguson,
William F - Litchfield Enquirer, May 1941
Ferguson, William F. - 1941 Want
List
Ferguson,
William E - Litchfield Enquirer -1941
Ferguson, William F. - 1941 Newspaper Article
Ferguson, William F. - 1949
Brochure
Ferguson, William F. - 1953
Presto Bank (penny to quarter), Letters
Ferguson, William F. - Gramercy
Graphic, Article
Ferris Wheel Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Sep. 1954,
May 1966,
$,
Photo,
First 100 Mechanical Banks - Griffith, Feb. 1962
Fishing Bears Bank - Griffith, Nov. 1978
Five Cent Adding -
$, Photo,
Football Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Dec. 1956,
Apr. 1954,
Apr. 1969,
Aug. 1981,
$,
Photo,
Football Bank, English - Hertz, Meyer, Griffith, Dec. 1956,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Football, Darkey - Meyer, Griffith, Apr. 1954,
Apr. 1969,
$,
Fort Sumter - Haber
Fortune, Building - Meyer, Griffith, Jan. 1957,
Apr. 1961,
Fortune-Horse Race Savings Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Apr. 1978,
$,
Photo,
Fortune, Safe - Meyer, Griffith, Dec. 1968, Aug. 1956, Jan. 1964,
$,
Photo,
Fortune Teller, Savings Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Feb. 1974,
Jan. 1964,
668,579,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Forty Niner - Hertz,
Meyer,
$,
Forum - MBCA www FORUM
Forum - Rules of
Usage
Foundry -
/foundry
sub-web, a
study of toy banks and the processes used to manufacture them.
Foundry Magazine - 1947 Article,
Part 1
Foundry Magazine - 1947 Article,
Part 2
Fowler Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Jun. 1952,
476,895,
$,
Photo,
Franklin Society for Savings
- April 17, 1946, New York Sun Article
Freedman's Bank - Sherwood,
1938, Hertz, Meyer, Griffith, May 1970,
Oct. 1951,
Aug. 1952,
May, 1956,
Oct. 1965,
Adv,
$,
Freedman's Bureau Bank - Griffith, Jun. 1967,
May, 1967,
$, Photo,
Freeman, Ruth and Larry
- Cavalcade of Toys, 1942, Chapter IX, BANKS
Frisbie, Russell A. - An
Extroadinary Inventor, 1967,
Cromwell Historical Society,
Frog and Serpent Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Aug. 1961,
$,
Frog in Den - Meyer,
$,
Photo-patent-model,
Frog on Arched Track Bank - Griffith, Jan. 1961,
121,502,
$,
Frog on Rock Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Feb. 1979,
$,
Photo,
Frog on Round Base Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Mar. 1982,
Patent Drawing,
130,575,
Adv,
$, Photo,
Frog on Stump - Meyer, Griffith, May 1979,
$,
Photo,
Frogs, Two - Meyer,
Griffith, Apr. 1970,
Dec. 1959,
Oct. 1963,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Fun-Producing Savings Banks, tin - Griffith, Feb. 1972,
$,
G 
Gem Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Sep. 1968,
Jul. 1952, Apr. 1963, Aug. 1979,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Gem Registering —
489,860,
$,
Photo,
General Butler - Hertz
Gerkin, Mary Hunter
- Article
Germania Exchange Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Mar. 1952,
Apr. 1955,
May, 1955,
Mar. 1956, Jun. 1961,
Adv,
$,
Giant Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Jul. 1952, May
1941 drawing,
May 1954, Mar. 1961,
$,
Photo,
Giant in Tower Bank - Griffith, Mar. 1961,
Sep. 1967, May 1971,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Girl in Victorian Chair Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Apr. 1953,
Sep. 1959,
$,
Photo,
Girl on Barrell - Photo,
Girl Skipping Rope Bank - 1963 Spinning Wheel,
Meyer, Griffith, Apr. 1952,
May 1954, Nov. 1958, Sep. 1959,
Feb. 1965,
Animated Photo - Small &
Large,
428,450,
Patent Paper,
Adv,
$, Photo,
Give Me a Penny Bank - Griffith, Jun. 1967,
May 1967,
100,564,
$,
Globe on Stand - Meyer,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Globe on Arc - Meyer,
$,
Adv,
Photo,
Glutton - Meyer
Goat, Billy - Meyer, Griffith, Jan. 1956,
Apr. 1958,
965,842,
$,
Goat Bucking - Meyer
Goat, Butting Tree Stump - Meyer, Griffith, Jan. 1969,
$,
Photo,
Goat, Frog and Old Man - Meyer,
Nov. 1952,
Griffith, Jun. 1958,
232,699,
$,
Photo,
Greedy N. Boy -
Butler Brothers —
1907
Grenadier Bank - Hertz, Griffith, Dec. 1962,
Adv,
$,
Griffith,
Floyd H. - Magazine Articles —
1950's,
1960's,
1970's,
1980's,
Photo,
Grolier - Book of Knowledge
Banks, 1960 letter
Guessing Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Mar. 1962,
Oct. 1961, Apr. 1972,
191,065,
$,
Photo,
H 
Haber,
Mark - Dec. 1937, The HARTFORD BANKER, Mechanical Penny
Banks,
Haber, Mark - 1959
Lecture, Banks which reflect historical significance
Haber, Mark - 1945 Tin Home Bank,
Letter
Haber, Mark - Bank Magnate, Article
Haber, Mark - Bank Patterns,
Collection for sale
Haber, Mark - Mechanical Banks
Wanted, Brochure
Haber, Mark - Yankee Banks, Relics,
Article
Hall's Excelsior Bank - Bellows, Hertz, First Federal Saver,
Meyer, Griffith, May, 1983,
Dec. 1951, Sep. 1951, Feb. 1954, Jun. 1957, Oct. 1958,
Mar. 1959, Jul. 1963,
Sherwood, 1938, 98,055, Patent Drawing,
Animated Photo,
Adv,
$, Photo,
Hall's Liliput Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Nov. 1973,
Sep. 1951,
Feb. 1953,
Jan, 1980,
189,857,
Adv,
$,
$,
$,
Photo-2,
Photo-3,
Hall's Yankee Notion Bank - Griffith, Oct. 1962,
159,263,
$,
Hannibal Elephant - Haber
Harlequin Bank - Sherwood,
1938, Bellows, Meyer, Griffith, Nov. 1951,
Aug. 1952,
Oct. 1955,
Feb. 1960,
Jan, 1970,
$,
Help Blind Man - Meyer
Harold Lloyd Bank - Griffith, Mar. 1977,
$,
Harper Stills - Griffith, Aug. 1978,
Oct. 1978
Hartman, Harry - 1961 Spinning
Wheel Article
Hegarty, L.H., Collector
- F.H. Griffith, August 1968 Hobbies Article,
1968 - Sadly Missed,
The Toy Chest - June 1968,
1973 Garage Sale - Auction,
Hen & Chick Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Jun. 1962,
D-35,139,
$,
Photo,
Herberger, Mrs. Robert G. -
Fascinating Slice of Early Americana
Hertz,
Louis H. - 1945 Relics Article, The Old Toy Shop
Hertz, Louis H. - 1946 Relics
Article, Part 1
Hertz, Louis H. - 1946 Relics
Article, Part 2
Hertz, Louis H. - 1947, The
Handbook of Old American Toys, Chapter IX, BANKS & Listing,
Newspaper Article
Hertz, Louis H. - 1947
Manuscript - very interesting (o/a 60 pages),
Newspaper Article,
Review of
Hertz Manuscript, New York Sun, July 25, 1947,
Hillman Coin Target Bank - Griffith, Dec. 1977,
Hindu, Turban - Meyer,
Griffith, Feb. 1955,
252,607,
$,
Photo,
Hobbies -
March 1940, Secor's Mechanical "Freedman's Bank"
Hobbies -
September 1940, Old Mechanical Banks Article
Hobbies -
April 1942, Old Mechanical Bank Notes
Hobbies -
May 1977, Cover and Editors Comments
Hold the Fort Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Mar. 1957,
Oct. 1957,
Nov. 1967,
Apr. 1968,
Jun. 1973,
197,250,
$,
Photo, 5 holes,
Photo, 7 holes, Photo,
ink well,
Home Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Mar. 1981,
Aug. 1965,
Patent Drawing,
129,615,
$, Photo,
Home Bank, Tin - Mark
Haber - 1945 Letter, Meyer, Griffith, July. 1983,
$,
Photo,
HOME PAGE - M.B.C.A, www.mechanicalbanks.org, home page
Hoop-La Bank - Griffith, Dec. 1960,
Sep. 1957,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Horse on Wheel Platform, still bank - Griffith, Oct. 1976
Horse Race Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Oct. 1973,
Mar. 1959,
Oct. 1958,
Oct. 1959,
Apr. 1968,
118,011, Patent Drawing,
Adv,
$, Photo,
House & Garden
- 1930 Article, Quaint Curios of 19th Century Childhood
House & Garden
- 1939 Bulletin Board
Hull, H.
Blair - 1942, Inventor, Engineer, & Bank Collector
Humpty Dumpty Bank - 1971
Whiting, Meyer,
Griffith, Jan. 1975,
Aug. 1958,
Aug. 1960,
Dec. 1960,
May, 1961,
Oct. 1975,
Apr. 1976,
Bill Norman-1982,
D-15,085,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
I
I Always did 'Spise a Mule, Bench, Turns - Meyer, Griffith, May 1975,
581,533,
Bucking Mule Bank, John M. Smyth Merchandise Co., 1917 adv,
Adv,
$,
Photo, Photo,
white-mule,
I Always did 'Spise a Mule, Jockey
- Meyer, Griffith, Apr. 1975,
Photo,
English,
214,615,
Adv,
$, Photo,
Independence Hall - Meyer,
D-8,655,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Indian Chief Bank - Griffith, May, 1969,
$,
Indian Shooting Bear Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Aug. 1966,
Oct. 1966,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Initiating First Degree Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Nov. 1952,
Jun. 1958,
232,699,
$,
Photo,
Initiating Second Degree Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Jun. 1958,
232,699,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
J
J.
& E. Stevens Company
Jacobs,
Elmer Rand - Hobbies Magazine, April 1933 Cover
Japanese Ball Tosser Bank
- Griffith, Sep. 1973,
Jul. 1961,
Aug. 1963,
Dec. 1963,
387,469,
$,
Jillette, Samuel H. - Springfield
Republican Article
Jocko (little) Musical, tin - Meyer, Griffith, Apr. 1960,
Apr. 1961, Apr. 1967,
$,
Photo,
Joe Socco, Novelty Bank - Griffith, Nov. 1970,
$,
Johannsen, John - 1953 Milwaukee
Sentinel, Profile
Johannsen, John - 1955 Man with
800 Banks, Hobbies Article
Johannsen, John - Foreman's
Club, Article
John Bull's Money Box Bank - Hertz, Griffith, Sep. 1957,
May, 1957,
Dec. 1960,
Adv, $,
Photo,
Join the MBCA - MBCA Membership Application
Jolly Clown Bank - Griffith, May 1964
Jolly Joe Banks - Griffith, Jun.1973, Mar. 1968,
Jul. 1968,
$,
Jolly N. Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Jul. 1956,
May. 1971,
Bill Norman-1982,
255,090,
Adv,
Adv-Shepard,
$,
Photo
1, Photo 2, Photo
3,
Jolly N., aluminum - Meyer, Griffith, May 1971,
$,
Jolly N. Butterfly Tie - Meyer, Griffith, Jun. 1971,
$,
Jolly N. High Hat - Meyer, Griffith, Jun. 1971,
$,
Jolly N., Moves Ears - Meyer, Griffith, May 1964, May 1957, Sep. 1962,
$,
Jolly N. (Starkies) Sonny Boy - Griffith, May 1964,
$,
Jolly N. , Straw Hat - Hertz, Meyer,
$,
Jonah and The Whale Bank - 1949
TIME Magazine, 1970 Whiting, Meyer,
Griffith, Feb. 1964,
Bill Norman-1982,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Jonah and The Whale, Pedestal - 1970 Whiting, Meyer, Griffith, May 1953, Apr. 1976,
$,
Photo,
Jumbo Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Jan. 1962,
Dec. 1960,
Jul. 1967,
Adv,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
K

Katzenjammer, Mamma - Meyer,
Griffith, Dec. 1958,
Nov. 1965,
$,
Photo,
Keene Registering - Meyer,
706,422, Adv,
$,
Key, Combination - Griffith, Apr. 1968,
Nov. 1975,
D-47,308,
$,
Photo,
Kicking Cow Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Aug. 1953, June. 1962,
$,
Photo,
Kick Inn Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Mar. 1967,
Apr. 1967,
1,368,414,
$,
Kiltie Bank - Griffith, Feb. 1956, Apr. 1976,
Adv,
$,
Kneeling Chinese Beggar - Bellows - List, Bellows - Photo
L

Laufer, Lisle
J. - Wheelabrator Digest, 1951
Leap Frog Bank
- Meyer, Griffith, Mar. 1964,
Bill Norman-1982,
Animated Photo,
D-21,036,
Adv,
$, Photo,
Lederer, Richard M, Jr. - Collectors Roundup
- Oct. 1946,
Dec. 1946, Mar. 1947, Apr.
1947. 1950 IBM
Magazine, Text
from manuscripts & letters - 1940s,
Liberty Bell Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Aug. 1971,
166,978,
$,
Lighthouse Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Jul. 1973,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Light of Asia Bank - Griffith, Oct. 1956,
Jan. 1962,
Jul. 1967,
$,
Photo,
Liliput, Halls - Hertz,
Meyer, Griffith, Nov. 1973,
Sep. 1951,
Feb. 1953,
Mar. 1959,
Jan. 1980,
Adv,
Royalty Agreement,
$,
$,
$,
Photo of
2,
Photo of 3
Links to MBCA members and their web sites
Lion and Two Monkeys Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Mar. 1975,
Aug. 1959,
281,377,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Lion, British - Griffith, Dec. 1973,
$,
Photo,
Lion Hunter Bank - Hertz, Meyer, Griffith, Feb. 1959,
Animated Photo,
D-41,696,
$, Photo,
Listing of Factory Made Banks - Griffith, Sep. 1953
Little High Hat Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Nov. 1968
Little Jocco Bank -Griffith, Apr. 1960,
Aug. 1959,
Apr. 1961,
Apr. 1967,
$,
Photo,
Little Joe Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Dec. 1970,
Sep. 1971,
Adv,
$,
Little Moe Bank - Griffith, Aug. 1958,
Dec. 1951,
May 1961,
Adv,
$,
Locomotive, Safety - Meyer,
Griffith, Sep. 1960,
Sep. 1953, Jul. 1955, Dec. 1961, Feb. 1968,
Adv,
$,
Long, I. A. - Hobbies, October 1947, TV Broadcast Article
Long May it Wave Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Oct. 1962,
$,
Lost Dog Bank - Meyer,
Hertz,
$,
Lucky Wheel Money Box Bank - Griffith, Nov. 1968,
Adv,
$,
M

Magic Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Aug. 1972,
141,516,
174,569,
Royalty Agreement,
Adv,
$,
Animated Photo, Photo,
Magician Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Jun. 1964,
Apr. 1976,
666,612,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Magic Safe Bank - Griffith, May 1969, Dec. 1971,
$,
Magie Bank - Griffith, Jan. 1968,
$,
Mamma Katzenjammer Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Dec. 1958,
Nov. 1965,
$, Photo,
Mammy and Child Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Sep. 1964,
306,775,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Man In The Chair - Bellows
Photo
Martin,
John & Jack - April 1946, FRIGIDAIRE BULLETIN
Mary Roebling Bank - Griffith, Feb. 1967,
Quotes,
$, Photo,
Mason and Hot Carrier Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Jul. 1964,
Bill Norman-1982,
D-17,103,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Maxwell, James S. - 1978 HOBBIES
Ad., Banks Wanted, with prices paid
MBCA 1st Convention -
F.H. Griffith, Jan. 1959
MBCA 2nd Convention -
F.H. Griffith, Nov. 1959
MBCA 1971 Convention - Antique Trader
Article
MBCA 1976 Convention -
F.H. Griffith, Hobbies December 1976 Article
MBCA Membership Application - Join the MBCA pdf
McClinton, Katharine M. - Banks
Excerpt from - Antiques of American Childhood, 1970
McMuray, Charles - Newspaper Clipping
McWilliams, H. B. - Los
Angeles Times, Home Magazine, Sep. 25, 1949
Mechanical Bank Collectors Club of Rhode Island -
Open Invitation and Correspondence -
1953-1954
Mechanical Bank
Activity-1969 - F.H. Griffith, Jan. 1970
Mechanical Bank
Activity-1970 - F.H. Griffith, Mar. 1971
Mechanical Bank Activity,
Where to buy - F.H.Griffith, Jul. 1976
Mechanical Banks, A Survey - 1961 The
Antiques Journal
Mechanical Bank Ramblings - Griffith, Jun. 1955,
Jul. 1961,
Sep. 1961,
Sep. 1962,
Oct. 1962,
Jun. 1963,
Jul. 1963,
Dec. 1963,
Aug. 1967,
Sep. 1967,
Mar. 1968,
Jul. 1968
Mechanical Bank
Reseller Advertising -
Scanned From Original Catalogs,
1876 to1936,
Mechanical Banks - 1957 The
Spinning Wheel, Article
Memorial Money Box Bank -Bellows,
Griffith, Aug. 1971,
D-8,257,
$,
Photo,
Merry-Go-Round Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Dec. 1951,
Aug. 1952,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Merry-Go-Round, semi-mechanical - Meyer,
$,
Photo,
Metropolitan Bank, still - Griffith, Sep. 1966
Meyer, John D. - 1950 Altoona
Tribune, Article
Meyer, John D. - 1951 Price Guide
Meyer,
John D. - 1965 Altoona Tribune, Article
Meyer, John D. -
Griffith, Nov. 1971
Meyer, John D. - 1952 HANDBOOK - Introduction Text, Introduction Photos,
Bibliography, List of Old Catalogs, List of Collectors, List of So-Called Banks,
Cross Index of
Titles, Index of
Bank Pages, Brochure,
1947 Newspaper Article,
1966
Tyrone Daily Herald Article,
Mickey Mouse Bank - Griffith, Dec. 1969,
Jan. 1979,
Jan. 1981.
$,
$,
Mikado Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Feb. 1952,
Jan. 1970,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Milking Cow Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Aug. 1953,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Miller, Henry W. - 1950 Appraisals
Miller, Henry W. - 1950's
list of banks for sale with prices
Miller, Henry W. - 1951 advertising card with testimonial by Richard M. Lederer
Jr.
Miller, Henry W.
- 1951
listing of banks bought and sold, $5000 for a Bank
Miller, Henry W. - 1952
Price Guide including gradations of prominent authors
Miller, Henry W. - Daily
Argus Article
Minstrel Bank, German, tin - Meyer, Griffith, Oct. 1979,
$,
Minstrel, Cross Legged - Meyer, Griffith, Dec. 1965,
Nov. 1960,
$,
Minstrel Man - Photo,
Miser Purse Bank - Bellows
- Photo, Hertz
Modern Mechanical Banks - Griffith,
Nov. 1969, Mar.
1968
Modern Mechanix Magazine - 1937
Article
Money Box -
1903
Bedtime Story
Monkey and Coconut Bank - Meyer, Griffith, May, 1963,
Dec. 1953,
Aug. 1959, Emma
Stiles,
337,125,
$, Photo,
Monkey and Parrot Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Nov. 1961,
Aug. 1959,
Mar. 1969,
$,
Monkey Bank - Griffith, Jul. 1980,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Monkey, Coin in Stomach - Meyer, Griffith, Apr. 1958,
Aug. 1959,
Jul. 1960,
D-13,400,
$, Photo,
Monkey with Tray Bank - Griffith, Dec. 1965,
Apr. 1958,
Aug. 1959,
$,
Moody and Sanky - Hertz, Haber, Meyer,
Moon Face - Meyer,
425,401,
Mosler Collects Mechanical Banks - Griffith, Jun. 1959,
Jun. 1982
Mosler, Edwin H. - New
York Times, 1966 Article
Mosler, Edwin H. -
Making a Game of Moneysaving, 1977 Article
Mosler, Edwin H. - 1982 Sale of
Collection by Donal Markey
1982 Edwin H. Mosler, Jr. -
Collection Sold, Antique Toy World pages
Mosque Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Mar. 1970, Jul. 1952,
$,
Photo,
Motor Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Dec. 1952,
Oct. 1956, 402,351,
$,
Photo,
Mule, Bucking, miniature - Meyer,
Griffith, Apr. 1963
$,
Photo,
Mule Entering Barn Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Oct. 1972,
223,293,
Adv,
Royalty Agreement,
$,
Photo,
Multiplying Bank -
1884,
J. & E. Stevens Co. - Multiplying Bank Royalty Agreement,
Meyer, Griffith, Sep. 1956,
Apr. 1961,
$,
Photo,
Museum of Childhood - Patrick Murray, Edinburgh,
Scotland, September 29,
1964, October
11, 1964,
Musical Savings Banks - Meyer, Griffith, May 1966, Jan. 1967,
$,
Music Bank, tin - Griffith, Oct. 1983,
Dec. 1963,
$,
N

National Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Nov. 1962,
Sep. 1953,
141,516, Patent Drawing,
Royalty Agreement,
$,
Photo,
Negro Bust Bank - Griffith, Aug.1964
New Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Sep. 1966,
Jun. 1956,
Jan. 1958,
May 1960,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
New Creedmoor Bank - Griffith, Jun. 1976,
196,870,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
News about this MBCA Web Site
New York Sun
- Dr. Arthur E. Corby, 1938 Article
New York Sun
- Franklin Society for Savings, April 17, 1946, New York Sun
Article
New York Times
- 1950 Article
Nickel Savings Bank - Photo,
Norman, Bill -
Mechanical Bank Collection — was sold in 1991.
Antique Toy World - Preview — September, 1991
Antiques and The Arts Weekly — September 20, 1991
Antiques and The Arts Weekly — October 4, 1991
Maine Antique Digest — November 1991
Antique Toy World — November 1991
North Pole Bank - Hertz, Haber, Meyer, Griffith, Jul. 1954,
Oct. 1955 Jan. 1956, Apr. 1958, Feb. 1960,
Sherwood, 1938,
965,843,
$,
Novelty Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Apr. 1982,
May 1960, Patent Drawing,
144,106,
144,106-Reissue, Adv,
$,
Photo,
O

Octagonal Fort Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Aug. 1954,
$,
Photo,
Old Woman in the Shoe Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Mar. 1953,
289,140,
$,
One Cent Adding -
1cPhoto-1,
1cPhoto-2,
Organ Bank, Boy and Girl - Hertz, Griffith, Feb. 1973,
Feb. 1958,
259,403,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Organ Bank, Cat and Dog - Meyer, Griffith, Feb. 1975, Feb. 1958,
259,403,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Organ Grinder and Performing Bear - Meyer, Griffith, Feb. 1958,
259,403,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Organ, medium -
242,139,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Organ, miniature -Meyer, Griffith, Jun. 1979,
Apr. 1967,
Feb. 1958,
242,139,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Originals and Recasts -
Griffith, Sep. 1954
Owl, Blinky - Meyer, Griffith, Nov. 1955,
Owl, Slot in Head - Meyer, Griffith, Aug. 1974,
$,
Photo,
Owl, Turns Head - Meyer,
Griffith, Sep. 1982,
Animated Photo,
232,628,
Adv,
$, Photo, Pattern,
P 
Paddy and the Pig Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Apr.
1965, Nov.
1952,
262,361,
Adv,
$, Photo,
Panorama Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Sep.
1955,
174,410,
Adv,
$, Photo,
Pascall Savings Bank - Griffith,
Feb. 1976,
$,
Patent Numbers -
U.S. Patent, Reissue, Design, or Trademark numbers listed by date,
pdf,
Patent Papers
- Alphabetical Listing,
pdf,
Patent Papers -
1941 Antiques, The First Five Years of Patented Toy
Banks, H. Blair Hull
Patent Papers
- MBCA Scrapbook Listing
Patent Papers
- Numerical Listing,
pdf,
Patronize the Blind Man - Meyer,
Griffith, Mar.
1955, Oct.
1960,
200,402,
$, Photo,
Patterns - Collection for
sale, Mark Haber, Letter
Pay Phone Bank -
1,674,428, $, Photo,
Peg-Leg Beggar - Meyer,
Griffith, Oct.
1960, May,
1962,
Adv,
$, Photo,
Pelican Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Dec.
1964, Jul.
1952, Aug.
1970,
209,038,
Agreement,
$, Photo,
Penny Antics - by Eleanor
Harvill
Penny Banks - 1956 Children's
Activities, Article
Penny Banks - 1964
Forerunners of History, Article
PENNY LANE, the
movie - F.H. Griffith, Jun. 1977,
Penny
Lane on YouTube,
Penny Pineapple Bank - Griffith,
Aug. 1960
Perelman, Leon - 1968
Antique Toy Museum, Article
Perelman, Leon - 1968
Antique Toy Museum, Article from Philadelphia BULLETIN
Perelman, Leon - 1969
Antique Toy Museum Opening, Article
Perelman, Leon - 1972
Antique Toy Museum, Article
Perelman, Leon
- 1973 The Toy Man
Perelman, Leon -
Leon - 1973 The Toy Man
Perelman, Leon -
1988 Mechanical Bank prices at Toy Museum
sale
Perfection Registering Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Sep.
1959, Sep.
1953, Jul.
1963, Sep.
1968,
489,860,
$, Photo,
Perkins, Philip - Boston
Sunday Globe, 1950 Article
Piano Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Jun.
1975,
$,
Photo,
Picture Gallery Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Mar.
1958, Oct.
1952,
Bill Norman-1982,
Adv,
$, Photo,
Pig, Bismark - Meyer,
Griffith, Mar.
1956, Mar.
1952, Apr.
1955,
Jun. 1961,
$,
Photo,
Pig in High Chair Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Mar.
1970,
D-27,565,
Bill Norman-1982,
Adv,
$, Photo, Photo
(pattern),
Pig, Tricky - Meyer
Pistol Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Dec.
1961, Sep.
1960,
934,957,
Photo-Iron_and_Tin,
Photo-Tin-with-box, A.
C. McClurg & Co.'s — 1911-1912,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Meyer,
Griffith, Dec.
1961, Sep.
1960,
934,957,
$, Photo-Iron_and_Tin,
Photo-Tin-with-box,
Plantation Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Jul.
1961,
$,
Photo,
Pony, Trick - Meyer,
Griffith, Apr.
1973,
$,
Photo,
Popeye Knockout Bank - Griffith,
Nov. 1970,
$,
Popular Science Monthly -
1934, strange things people collect -
Paul Scott likes banks
Post Office Savings Bank -
669,513,
Pottery Mechanical Bank - Griffith,
Jun. 1954
Praying Darkey - Meyer,
Preacher in Pulpit Bank - Hertz,
Meyer, Griffith,
Aug. 1955,
180,574,
$,
Presto Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, May
1981,
$, Photo,
Presto Savings Bank, mouse, penny to quarter - Sherwood,
1938, Wm.
Ferguson, 1953 Letters, Bellows
1940 Photo, Meyer,
Griffith, Sep.
1956, Mar.
1960, Jul.
1968,
Adv,
296,689,
$,
Presto, semi-mechanical - Meyer,
Griffith, Mar.
1960,
298,830,
$,
Primer of American Antiques
- Carl W. Drepperd, 1944, Pg. 182-185
Professor Pug Frog's Bicycle Feat - Meyer,
Griffith, Jan.
1953, Mar.
1955, Dec.
1960, Nov.
1961,
Adv,
Royalty Agreement-April 09 1886,
Royalty Agreement-April 12, 1886,
$, Photo,
Pryor, Samuel F.,
Jr. - 1940 Associated Press photo with banks, 1967
Sam Pryor HOBBIES DIGEST Article,
Pryor, Samuel F., Jr. - 1961 Marvelous
Mechanical Misers, True Article,
Pump and Bucket Bank - Meyer,
Griffith, Apr.
1962, Sep.
1953, May
1962, Nov.
1966,
$, Photo,
Punch and Judy Bank, American - Meyer,
Griffith, Jul.
1971, Mar.
1958,
302,039,
Bill Norman-1982,
Adv,
$, Photo,
Punch and Judy Bank, English - Griffith,
Feb. 1977,
$, Photo,
Q

Queen Victoria Bank Queen Victoria Bank -
Griffith, Nov. 1974,
Nov. 1963,
Nov. 1976,
$,
R

Rabbit in Cabbage Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Feb. 1979,
$,
Photo,
Rabbit, Small - Meyer, Griffith, Feb. 1971,
D-13,261,
$,
Photo,
Rabbit, Tall (large) - Meyer, Griffith, Feb. 1971,
D-13,261,
$,
Photo,
Ram, Bucking - Meyer, Griffith, Mar. 1954,
$,
Photo,
Recast Mechanical Banks - Griffith, Sep. 1954,
Jan. 1955, Jun. 1955, Dec. 1957, Jun. 1978, Jul. 1978
Reclining Chinaman Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Dec. 1959,
Oct. 1963,
262,361,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Recordo Coin Safe -
December, 1940 advertising card,
Red Riding Hood Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Jul. 1953,
Sep. 1959,
$, Photo,
Regina Musical Savings Bank - Griffith, Mar. 1971,
$,
Registering Dime Savings Bank - Griffith, Mar. 1974,
Sep. 1953,
423,528,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Registering, Self Accounting -
Sears, Roebuck & Co. — 1908,
Repairing Banks - Griffith,
Jun. 1952, Sep.
1961
Reproduction Banks -
1960 - Book of Knowledge, cast from originals,
Capron, James D. - Reproduction Banks
Article,
1966-69
Utexiqual Original Limited Edition Banks,
Revolver, Pistol - Meyer, Griffith, Dec. 1961,
Sep. 1960,
$, Photo-Iron_and_Tin,
Photo-Tin-with-box,
Rhode Island Club - 1954 Providence
Sunday Journal, Article
Rhode Island Club -
F.H. Griffith, Feb. 1954
Rival Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Apr. 1974,
203,927,
$,
Photo,
Robot Bank - Griffith, May 1968,
$,
Roller Skating Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Aug. 1952,
Dec. 1951,
$,
Photo
Roloff, Walt H. - Milwaukee
Journal, 1949 Article
Romey,
Earl -1950 Pricing list of 90
Mechanical Banks
Romey,
Earl -1950's Pricing list of 194
Mechanical Banks
Rooster (Crowing) - Meyer, Griffith, May, 1982,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Rosenberg,
Louis - You Can Bank On A Hobby, Sept. 2, 1962 Louisville (Kentucky)
Courier
Roup, William
H. -
1961
Pottstown Mercury, Old Penny Banks,
Photos
Royal "Trick" Elephant Bank - Griffith, Nov, 1960,
$,
S 
Safe Deposit Savings, tin elephant Safe Deposit Savings, tin elephant -
Griffith, Oct. 1961, Mar. 1972,
$,
Safety Locomotive Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Sep. 1960,
Sep. 1953,
Jul. 1955,
Dec. 1961,
Feb. 1968,
373,223,
$,
Photo,
Saluting Sailor Bank - Griffith, Jan. 1974,
$,
Salvatore, Rudolph A. - 1949
Article
Sambo Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Sep. 1971,
$,
Sam Siegel's Aim to Save -
1,265,125,
$,
Santa Claus Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Dec. 1966,
Bill Norman-1982,
D-19,356,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Santa Phone Bank, desk - Griffith, May 1978, Apr. 1979
Savings Banks of Yesterday -
1946
Article
Savo Bank, tin - Griffith, Dec. 1983,
1,804,733, $,
Schley Bottling Up Cervera Bank - Haber,
Meyer, Griffith, Jul. 1962,
Jan. 1967,
$,
Scofield, Irma - Bankers Hobby,
1968 Country, Article
Scotchman Bank, tin - Meyer, Griffith, Nov. 1979,
$,
Photo,
Scrapbook Introduction - Text and images relating to
the history and heritage of mechanical bank collecting.
Seamen's Bank for Savings -
When
Thrift Was Fun, Article - 1943,
Exhibition Brochure
Search this web site
Secor, Jerome - 1945
Louis H. Hertz, 1947
Louis H. Hertz,
Cast
Iron Train,
Seek Him Frisk Bank - Griffith, Oct. 1967,
Sep. 1967,
244,646,
$,
Sentry Bank - Griffith, May, 1973,
Aug. 1964,
$,
Sewing Machine Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Jul. 1955,
Dec. 1955, Sep. 1960, Feb. 1968,
$,
Photo,
Shepard Hardware Company -
1866 - Shepard Iron Works, Buffalo NY - Advertisement, Bill
Norman, Collectors Showcase, March/April 1982,
Sherwood, Norman - Avocations - Dec.
’37, Jan.
’38, Feb.
’38, March
’38, April
’38, May
’38, June
’38, Nov.
’38, Dec.
’38
Sherwood's Old Penny Bank Shop -
1935 Hobbies Advertisement
Shoot That Hat Bank - Griffith, Nov. 1957, Spinning
Wheel - Feb. 1958,
Apr. 1958, Dec. 1959,
D-13,401,
$,
Shoot the Chute Bank - Hertz, Meyer, Griffith, Jan. 1952,
Apr. 1955, May 1955, Dec. 1958,
May, 1959, Jul. 1961,
815,935,
Adv,
$,
Signal Cabin Bank - Griffith, Jun. 1969, Oct. 1968,
$,
Simmons Coin Bank Collection -
Clarence T. Simmons - Iowa State Bank - 1946 Exhibition,
Singer Sewing Machine, still - Griffith, Oct. 1976
Slide Show - 60 second
interval, 20 second
interval, 2 second interval
(2 & 20 second interval require high speed internet connection).
Slogan - Patent Drawing
Slot Machine (Automatic Ball Game, tin) -
Photo
Smith, Jerry -
Collection of Antique Toys, 1966
Arts & Antiques
Smyth X-Ray Bank - Griffith, Apr. 1961,
Sep. 1956,
605,064,
$, Photo,
Snake and Frog in Pond Bank - Griffith, Aug. 1961,
Mar. 1978,
$,
Snap-It Bank - Meyer, Griffth, Aug. 1975,
$,
Photo,
Sonny Boy (Starkies) Jolly N. - Griffith, May, 1964,
Photo, Adv,
Southern Comfort Bank -
1953 Letter, Advertising Card, Affidavit,
HOBBIES Adv.
Speaking Dog Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Oct. 1974,
Oct. 1952,
Sep. 1959,
328,723,
Bill Norman-1982,
Adv,
$, Photo,
Pattern,
Sportsman Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Jun. 1952, Sep. 1963,
$,
Photo,
Springing Cat Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Sep. 1952,
May 1955, Jun. 1956, Jan. 1960, Jun. 1961,
261,419,
$,
Photo
Squirrel and Tree Stump Bank - Bellows, Meyer, Griffith, Jul. 1960,
243,475,
$,
Adv,
Photo,
Squirrel Savings - Meyer,
Photo,
Starkie's Pat., moves ears - Griffith, May 1964
Stark, Milton - Christian
Science Monitor, 1946 Clipping
St. Dunstan's Alms Box —
Photo,
Stenger, Henry - 1947 Newspaper
Article
Stevens, J. & E. Co. - Scrapbook
Listing, Checks, Foundry Notes,
Griffith, Mar. 1963,
List of 84 Banks, Connecticut Toy Making, Frisbie House Photo & Notes,
1877 Hall's Banks Letter,
Foundry Buildings Drawings
& Photos,
1939 Photo's, 1982 Photo's,
Catalog Pages,
Accounting Ledgers
—
1874-1875 Paint Shop,
1881-1887 Accounts,1887-1891
Accounts,
1891-1895 Accounts,
1895-1898 Accounts,
1901-1904
Foundry,
1903-1904 Accounts,
1922-1928 Summary,
1910 Postcard,
Still Banks - 1970
Whiting, Griffith,
Jul. 1969
Stollwerck Brothers Bank - Hertz, Meyer, Griffith, Mar. 1976,
$,
Stollwerck's Victoria Savings - Griffith, Mar. 1976,
$,
Stump Speaker Bank - Meyer, Griffith, May 1972,
352,786,
Bill Norman-1982,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Sweet Thrift Bank - Griffith, Mar. 1976,
$,
Symphonion Musical Savings - Griffith, Jul. 1979,
$,
T

Tabby Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Mar. 1973,
$,
Photo,
Table of Contents (main page)
Tammany Bank - Hertz,
Haber, Meyer, Griffith, Apr. 1983,
Sep. 1951, Sep. 1953, Jun. 1957, Oct. 1958, Mar. 1959,
Jan. 1961,
Sherwood, 1938, 145,734,
145,734-Reissue, Patent Drawing,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Tank and Cannon Bank - Hertz, Griffith, Apr. 1959,
$,
Photo,
Target Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Feb. 1981,
Oct. 1957,
188,635,
Adv,
$,
Teddy and the Bear Bank - Bellows, Hertz, Haber, Meyer, Grffith, Jun. 1966,
Feb. 1959,
844,910,
Adv,
$, Photo, Pattern
Photo,
Telephone Bank - Meyer,
$,
Photo,
Telephone, Public -
Butler
Brothers — 1918,
Thayer, Thornton - Brochure
Three Coin Register -
The Youth's
Companion — October, 1911,
Three-Coin Register Bank - 1931,
The Hoge Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Thrifty Animal Bank - Griffith, Jul. 1975,
$,
Thrifty Tom's Jigger Bank - Griffith, Sep. 1970,
$,
Tiger Bank, tin - Griffith, Nov. 1975,
$,
Time is Money Bank - Griffith, May 1959, Jan. 1960, Aug. 1969,
$,
Photo,
Time Lock Savings Bank - Griffith, Sep. 1969,
Mar. 1971,
477,321,
$, Photo,
TIME Magazine
- 1949 Advertisement, using Jonah and the Whale bank
Time Registering Bank - Griffith, Mar. 1974,
445,754,
$,
Photo,
Tin Elephant Bank - Griffith, Nov. 1960, Mar. 1972,
$,
Tobacco Box, Old English - Bellows
Toad on Stump Bank - Meyer, Griffith, May 1979,
Mechanical
Bank Collectors of America - Auction $,
Adv,
Photo,
Toad in Den, patent model -
118,441,
Photo,
Toad - wood, patent model - Photo,
Toboggan -
433736,
D-20086,
Photo,
Tollner Bureau Bank - Griffith, Aug. 1975,
Oct. 1961
Tommy Bank - Griffith, Feb. 1960,
May 1957, May 1959, May 1960, Jan. 1970,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Tramp Art Mechanical Banks —
Photo-Soldier,
Photo-Sure-Shot,
Transvaal Money Box - Griffith, Feb. 1968
Treasure Chest Music Bank - Griffith, Jun. 1970,
$,
Photo,
Trenton Trust Bank -
$,
Trick Dog Bank, 6 part base - Meyer,
Griffith, Dec. 1974,
Sep. 1957,
1958 Adv., Dec. 1960,
Bill Norman-1982,
D-18,489,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Trick Dog Type II Bank, solid base - Meyer, Griffith, Jul. 1980,
D-18,489,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Trick Elephant Bank - Griffith, Nov. 1960,
Adv,
$,
Trick Pony Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Apr. 1973,
321,650,
Bill Norman-1982,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Trick Savings Bank, Tollner - Griffith, Aug. 1975,
Oct. 1961,
$, Photo,
Trolley Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Dec. 1952,
Oct. 1956,
$,
Photo,
TRUE Magazine
- A Penny Saved, Thornton Taylor, Seamen's Savings Bank, 1946 Article
Try Your Weight Bank - Griffith, May, 1973,
Mar. 1968, Oct. 1968,
$,
Turtle Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Nov. 1955,
Jan. 1956, Jul. 1970, Mar. 1971,
$,
Twentieth Century Savings Bank - Griffith, Jan. 1973,
$,
Twin Bank - Griffith, Oct. 1962
Two Ducks Bank - Griffith, Sep. 1983,
$,
Two Faced Boy, wooden - Bellows - Photo, Hertz
Two Frogs Bank -Meyer, Griffith, Apr. 1970,
262,361,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
U

Uncle Remus Bank - Hertz, Meyer, Griffith, Oct. 1953,
Sep. 1965, Oct. 1967,
462,150,
$,
Photo,
Uncle Sam Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Jul. 1965,
Sep 1957, Dec. 1958,
Emma Stiles, Aug. 1973,
352,786,
Bill Norman-1982,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Uncle Sam Bust - Sherwood,
1938,
$, Photo,
Uncle Sam Cash Register -
The W. Bingham
Co. — 1935,
Uncle Tom - Meyer, Griffith, Feb. 1966,
Apr. 1968,
252,607,
Adv,
$,
$, Photo,
Ungemach House - Toy Money Box - patent model -
389,178, Photo,
United States Bank, Safe - Griffith, Aug. 1956,
Jan. 1958, Sep. 1961,
409,778,
$,
Photo,
U.S. and Spain Bank - Haber,
Griffith, Jan. 1954,
D-29,049,
$,
Photo,
U.S. Bank - Griffith, Dec. 1967,
Jan. 1958, Sep. 1955,
Jun. 1956, May, 1960, Sep. 1966,
$,
Photo,
U.S. Soldier - Meyer
Utexiqual Original Limited Edition Banks
- 1966-1969
V 
Valuable Toy
Banks
- The Collector's Guide, April 1942 Article
Vending Banks -
Griffith, Feb. 1976,
Mar. 1976,
$,
Volunteer Bank - Hertz, Griffith, Dec. 1962,
$,
W 
Watch Bank, dime disappears - Griffith, Feb. 1970,
944,038,
$,
Photo,
Watch Bank, metal stamping - Griffith, Oct. 1971,
Sep. 1963,
$, Photo,
Watch Dog Safe Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Jul. 1972,
Aug. 1956,
Royalty Agreement,
$,
Photo,
Watch Dog Savings Bank, wood - Griffith, Jun. 1977,
1,316,474,
$,
Photo,
Weeden's Plantation Savings - Bellows, Meyers, Griffith, Aug. 1963,
Apr. 1962, Sep. 1963, Dec. 1963,
387,469,
387,470,
387,472,
Adv,
$, Photo,
What's New at www.mechanicalbanks.org
- This web site
Whiting, Hubert B. - April 1966,
Wakefield Historical Society
Whiting, Hubert B. -
April 1969, Annuitant Banks on Hobby, Mobil World
Whiting, Hubert B. - October 1970,
Jonah and the Whale, Article
Whiting, Hubert B. - January 1971,
J & E Stevens Plant, Article
Whiting, Hubert B. - March 1971,
Still Bank Article
Whiting, Hubert B. - October 1971,
Australian William Tell & Humpty Dumpty.
William Tell, Australian - 1971 Whiting,
$,
William Tell Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Sep. 1974,
D-25,662,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Wimbledon Bank - Hertz, Griffith, Nov. 1956,
Dec. 1956,
May 1957, Feb. 1960,
Sep. 1967,
Adv,
$,
Photo,
Windmill - Meyer
Winner Savings Bank, tin - Meyer, Griffith, Oct. 1959,
538,206,
$,
Photo,
Wireless Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Sep. 1975,
Sep. 1976,
1,568,711, $, Photo,
Wishbone Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Aug. 1953,
Jul. 1961,
$,
Witch Fortune Teller Bank - Griffith, Nov. 1977
Woman in Shoe Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Mar. 1953,
$,
Wood Bank Boxes - Photo,
Woodpecker Bank, tin - Meyer, Griffith, Apr. 1957,
$,
Photo,
World's Banker Bank - Griffith, Feb. 1969,
$,
World's Fair Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Apr. 1966,
Jul. 1954,
506,619,
$, Photo,
X 
X-Ray Bank, Smyth - Griffith, Apr. 1961,
Sep. 1956,
$, Photo,
Y
Yankee Notion - Royalty
Agreement,
Z 
Zig Zag Bank -
413,204,
$,
Zoo Bank - Meyer, Griffith, Nov. 1963,
Sep. 1965,
Adv,
$, Photo,
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