Click to open image viewer. This check writing machine manufactured by the G. W. Todd Company of Rochester, N.Y., served to emboss and ink a number value in the payment field on a check, so as to make ...

For some, writing a check is second nature. For others, it may seem as antiquated as using a rotary phone. "While we're all used to grabbing our laptop or phone when it's time to make a payment, there ...