{"product_id":"remington-rand-inc-stock-certificate-from-1951-predicted-eisenhower-s-victory","title":"Remington Rand Inc. Stock Certificate from 1951 - Predicted Eisenhower's victory","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis listing includes color variants of an original stock certificate from Remington Rand Inc dated 1950. Available in brown, rose, and a two-color combination, each featuring a vignette of a classical allegorical female figure in flowing robes seated beside industrial and nautical elements, representing commerce and industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese certificates were issued and shows multiple punch holes throughout the certificate face, indicating it was redeemed. The cancellation markings and age-appropriate handling wear give this piece the character of an actively traded security from the early computer age. You will receive a similar certificate to the one shown. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1951, Norwalk, Connecticut was home to one of America's most ambitious technology companies and \u003cstrong\u003eJames H. Rand Jr.\u003c\/strong\u003e all in on the idea that machines that could think. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRemington Rand had been formed in 1927 through Rand's audacious merger of the Remington Typewriter Company and his family's Rand Kardex Corporation, creating a $60 million office equipment giant. By 1951, Rand was racing IBM to deliver America's first commercial computer, the UNIVAC I, which would\u003cstrong\u003e famously predict Eisenhower's 1952 presidential victory\u003c\/strong\u003e on live television when human pollsters called it wrong. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe company's Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation division, acquired in 1950, brought the brilliant engineers who had built ENIAC, the room-sized calculator that helped win World War II. Rand himself was a visionary who understood that punch cards and filing cabinets were just the beginning of an information revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTechnology certificates from the early computer era remain highly sought after by collectors, representing the pivotal moment when American business began its transition into the digital age. Offered as a collectible.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ticker History","offers":[{"title":"Brown","offer_id":52551610401055,"sku":"TECH-RR-SI-ROS-1951-001-BRN","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Red","offer_id":52551610433823,"sku":"TECH-RR-SI-ROS-1951-001-ROS","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2x Color Combo","offer_id":52551610466591,"sku":"TECH-RR-SI-ROS-1951-001-2X","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/8757\/1743\/files\/remington-rand-inc-stock-certificate-front-1.jpg?v=1779159676","url":"https:\/\/shop.tickerhistory.com\/zh\/products\/remington-rand-inc-stock-certificate-from-1951-predicted-eisenhower-s-victory","provider":"Ticker History","version":"1.0","type":"link"}