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Pneumatic Tube - Cash Carrier

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Drawing for patent #165,473
The "cash carrier" invention sent money in little tubes traveling by air compression from location to location in department store so that change could be made. The first mechanical carriers used for store service was patented (#165,473) by D. Brown on July 13, 1875.
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