Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This stop motion of a mechanical savings bank in the shape of two frogs, the design for which was patented by James H. Bowen in the United States of America in 1882 and manufactured by a banking company. It is part of the Children’s Literature Research Collection held at the State Library of South Australia, which includes a renowned collection of historical toys and other keepsakes of childhood, which the community has donated to the Library over many decades.
This stop motion of a mechanical savings bank in the shape of two frogs, the design for which was patented by James H. Bowen in the United States of America in 1882 and manufactured by a banking company. It is part of the Children’s Literature Research Collection held at the State Library of South Australia, which includes a renowned collection of historical toys and other keepsakes of childhood, which the community has donated to the Library over many decades.
