On This Date in Minnesota History: December 24

December 24, 1915 – A pay-direct machine has been installed in the teller’s window at the Northern National Bank in Bemidji, Minn. The machine, when a key is pressed, shoots the required sum out into a tray in easy reach of the customer and so that the money can be picked up in case the customer is wearing gloves. The money is no longer touched and counted by the teller as the new machine counts out the sum wanted.

The Bemidji Daily Pioneer; “Pay-Direct Machine Installed at Bank”; December 24, 1915, p. 1.

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