SPLITDORF BETHLEHEM ELECTRICAL COMPANY SPECIMEN STOCK CERTIFICATE CHARLES EDISON

Description

FANTASTIC HISTORIC EARLY PIECE OF EDISON RELATED EPHEMERA....SPLITDORF-BETHLEHEM ELECTRICAL COMPANY SPECIMEN STOCK CERTIFICATE....CERT. FOR LESS THAN 100 SHARES...STATE OF NEW JERSEY...RED SPECIMEN OVERPRINTS WITH "00000" RED SERIAL NUMBERS....ORNATE ENGRAVED GREEN BORDERS WITH SUPERB VIGNETTE OF ALLEGORICAL WOMAN ABOVE CLOUDS HOLDING BOLTS OF ELECTRICITY...MAP OF THE UNITED STATES IN BACKGROUND...PRINTED SIGNATURE OF CHARLES EDISON AS PRESIDENT....CIRCA LATE 1920'S-30...THOMAS EDISON ACQUIRED THE SPLITDORF-BETHLEHEM ELECTRICAL COMPANY OF NEWARK IN 1928, ENTERING THE RADIO BUSINESS...PRODUCING RADIO-PHONOGRAPHS...CHARLES EDISON WAS NAMED PRESIDENT...RED HAND STAMPED "RETURN TO RECORD & SPECIMEN DEPT."ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION...PRINTED BY AMERICAN BANKNOTE CO...