Partly-printed DS, signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one page, 15.25 x 9.25, January 8, 1919. Stock certificate issued to Thomas A. Edison for one share in the Edison Storage Battery Garage, Incorporated. Signed at the conclusion as the company’s president by Edison with his umbrella autograph and countersigned by Harry F. Miller as treasurer; the reverse has also been signed by Edison as a witness of its transfer. In fine condition.
The Edison Storage Battery Company was organized in New Jersey on May 27, 1901, to develop, manufacture, and sell the alkaline storage battery that Edison had developed, which was used for mining lamps, train lighting and signaling, submarines, and electric vehicles. Edison Storage Battery Garage, Inc. was instituted on January 16, 1919, to service commercial and passenger vehicles equipped with Edison storage batteries. The company was sold to the Edison Storage Battery Company on July 6, 1926, and was legally dissolved on August 5, 1926.
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