Odd-Fellows Hall Association of Allentown, PA

A stock of unusual topic! Odd-Fellows Hall Association of Allentown, PA

The modern day Odd Fellows Hall Association is a civic, social, and fraternal associations industry in Allentown PA.

State: Pennsylvania
Year: 1850

Condition: Excellent

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On Collecting Old Stocks and Bonds

Ownership in shares of businesses is believed to go back to at least 2000 BC. In Rome in the second century BC there was active trading in the shares of business companies which were legal entities, some of them huge enterprises owning thousands of slaves. These companies faded away during Rome's Imperial period and their like did not reappear until after the Dark Ages.

The modern history of shares dates from the late 10th century AD, in the Italian port of Amalfi, where maritime ventures were divided into shares which were bought and sold, usually by their captains and merchants.

This became the normal way to fund voyages throughout Europe. The Pilgrim Fathers' Mayflower and Sir Francis Drake's global voyages were funded in this way. These ventures were not companies with a legal status independent of their owners, however, but a form of unincorporated partnership.

Pictured: Italian Mining Stock. Coupons at bottom. Only 1 available! Great! Country: Italy
Year: 1849

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The Scripophily Guide by Howard Shakespeare. Reprinted with permission from International Bond & Share Society

Historic Clifton Forge Stock Certificate

Clifton Forge boasts quite the railroad heritage. During its heyday, the C & O railroad employed nearly 2,000 people.

This historic document, printed by C.R.Van Pelt & Company features an ornate border and unusual vignettes of town and bank building.
The certificate bears the signatures of the Company's President and Secretary.

Clifton Forge, Virginia, Stock. Uncancelled. Larger format stock.
Years: 1891-1903.
Excellent Condition!

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Emanuel Lehman - Hoboken Ferry Co

Emanuel Lehman, merchant, Lehman, whose business interests were extensive, signs this attractive New Jersey 1890s stock at front. Signature is hole cancelled but mostly unaffected.

Quite Rare! Excellent Condition. From the Syracuse University Collection.

State: New Jersey
Year: 1890s

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Thomas Alva Edison Phonograph Stock

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), considered the greatest Inventor in history. His formal education lasted only three months. He was home schooled by his Mother at the age of 9, she bought him a chemistry book. That began his interest in Chemistry and testing experiments.

As a youth he sold newspapers and snacks on the Grand Trunk Railway. While aboard the train he conducted chemical experiments.

In 1868 he worked as a telegrapher in Boston. His first invention, an electrographic vote recorder, was patented in 1869. He also took out patents for an improved stock ticker, a telegraph device used to report the price of gold to brokers offices. In 1876 he moved his laboratory to Menlo Park, NJ. In 1879, he made commercially practicable the incandescent lamp, but did not invent it. Other inventions included the kinetoscope, ore-mill machinery, the storage battery, and dictating machine.

He invented the phonograph, his greatest single achievement from the viewpoint of inventive imagination. In 1888, he founded the Edison Phonograph Works.

This New Jersey stock dated 1888 signed at front with ink cancellation line, issued to Edison and beautifully signed at back. Very Rare! Exceptional example!

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Transfer sheet signed by Wm. H. Vanderbilt and E.V.W. Rossiter

A Transfer signed by Wm. H. Vanderbilt and witnessed by E.V.W. Rossiter.

Rare! Portraits and biographies of both included.

State: New York
Year: 1884 Condition: Excellent

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Collectible, Rare $50 Third Liberty Loan Bond

Rare, $50 Third Liberty Loan 4 1/4% Gold Bond of 1928. The coupons are not attached to the bond.

Country: United States
Year: May 9, 1918

Condition: Excellent

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General Ambrose Burnside Autograph

Union General Ambrose Burnside (1824-1881), signs this 1869 stock of the Indianapolis & Vincennes Railroad, Indiana. Burnside was an important Union General in the Civil War and later became a U.S. Senator.

Washington Revenue.

Bold Signature.
Excellent Condition. Scarce!

State: Indiana
Years: 1869

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