Checks

Abstract Contains check protector (check writing machine) which was created in 1917 by the Checkometer Sales Company owned by Theodore Hirschberg in Chicago, Illinois. It was developed in Chicago because check fraud was rampent there in the early 1900s. The machine was designed to punch, print, and watermark paychecks that forgers could not duplicate. It became the paymaster machine in the 1950s. The paymaster machines are still currently sold. On the cover of the machine: "F and E Check Protector."...

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Check from C.D. Spivak that details the belongings that Herman Stitch left behind. The items include: One gold watch, post office money orders for $13.00, one ring, one odd fellow pin, one fountain pen, and one pen knife.

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Check from C.D. Spivak to cover transportation expenses of Fanny Reeder from Denver to Chicago. Although the check mentions one ticket for transportations and $6.00 in cash, the amount of the check only comes to $6.00.

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Check from C.D. Spivak to C. Alexander to cover Mrs. Schwartz’s boarding for two weeks. The amount comes to $14.00.

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Check from C.D. Spivak to C. Alexander to cover Mrs. Schwartz’s boarding and laundry for two weeks. The amount comes to $14.32.

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Check from C.D. Spivak to J. Rapaport. The check covers a $7.00 money order, $11.28 left behind from her late husband, and one watch.

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Check from C.D. Spivak to S.F. Disraelly. The check amounts to $30.00 to pay for the cost of the headstone on Henry Schnoor’s grave.

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Check from C.D. Spivak to S.F. Disraelly. The check amounts to $31.50 and pays for Adolph Schkolnick's funeral expenses.

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Check from C.D. Spivak to S.F. Disraelly. The check covers $7.56 left behind from Jennie Batchofsky.

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Check from C.D. Spivak to S.F. Disraelly. The check is for $8.24 left behind from Henry Schnoor after his death.