The Edison Portland Cement Company Stock Certificate (with pic of Edison) from 1899
The Edison Portland Cement Company Stock Certificate (with pic of Edison) from 1899
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Your choice of original stock certificates from The Edison Portland Cement Company, dated August / November 1899. Printed in dark red ink and green, the certificates feature a portrait vignette of a young Thomas Edison in formal attire within an oval frame at the center. The decorative border incorporates repeating floral and star motifs in the same dark red ink.
You will receive the exact piece shown. As with all antique documents, time has given this certificate its own character. A one-of-a-kind artifact from 1899. Shows some aging and wear consistent with its 125-year history, and bears a purple rubber stamp reading "CANCELLED" across the left side, indicating the certificate was properly redeemed when the shareholder transferred or sold their position.
In 1899, Thomas Edison was at the height of his fame as America's most celebrated inventor, having already revolutionized electric lighting, sound recording, and motion pictures. That same year, Edison ventured into the cement industry, founding The Edison Portland Cement Company in New Village, New Jersey. Edison believed he could apply his systematic approach to invention and mass production to cement manufacturing, developing new kilns and processes that would make high-quality Portland cement more efficiently than existing methods.
The company operated Edison's massive cement plant in the Lehigh Valley of New Jersey, where his innovations included rotary kilns that could produce 1,000 barrels of cement daily. Edison saw cement as essential to America's building boom and personally held significant stakes in the venture, though the company faced intense competition from established cement manufacturers and eventually merged with other firms in the industry consolidation of the early 1900s.
Edison-related certificates are highly prized among scripophily collectors, as they represent direct ownership in enterprises controlled by America's most famous inventor. The combination of Edison's portrait vignette and his personal involvement in the cement business makes this a standout piece from the industrial expansion era. Offered as a collectible.
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