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Title
Lightning Check Writer
Description
F. E. Hedman Lightning Check Writer machine. It was designed, as a number of other similar machines were in the early 20th century, to combat what was then considered “one of the gravest and most widespread of all menaces against our nation’s business”—check forgery. [Hedman Manufacturing Company, Chicago Museum]
Creator
Hedman MFG Co., 1158 W. Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL [Lincoln Park]
Date
1920s
Contributor
Town of Maynard, MA.
Identifier
1999.2275
Artifact Item Type Metadata
Materials
Metal; 7.5"D x 5"W x 9.5"H.
Condition
Fair.
Storage
SU8-2