Locher Brick Company Cash Register
The "Pull Pins"
The Cash Register
Charles and Nancey Landes own this antic cash register that
was used during the days of  the Locher Clay Product's
Commissary Store. Nancy's father, the late William "Bill"
Blackburn, was the store manager there from around 1936 -
1992. Nancey states that she could remember when they use
to buy everything from the  Store, groceries, meat, feed,
clothing, it was like the "Super Wal-Mart" of the day. The
Store also had a Panel truck that would deliver goods
throughout the town. She said her father spoke of the time
when the store use to accept "script" for payment.
The Bell
To operate the cash register you had to know a combination. You had to pull the "Pull Pins" under the
drawer in a certain combination or the drawer would not open. If you attempted to open the drawer and
you did not pull the correct combination of Pull Pins, the bell inside the drawer would ring alerting the
attendant that someone unfamiliar to the drawer was attempting to open it.
The light shown above currently hangs in Charles and Nancey Landes' living room. This light also came
from the Locher Clay Product Commissary Store. Bill Blackburn received them from the company when
the store upgraded to fluorescent lights. The copper pot pictured above came from the Locher Clay
company as well. The Landes were unsure if the pot was used in the brick making process or if it was a
product sold at the store.