Edison Botanic Research Corporation business check, 8.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Thomas Edison with his famous 'umbrella' signature, "Thos. A. Edison," countersigned by J. V. Miller as treasurer, who the check is made out to for $80, September 27, 1928. In fine condition. John Vincent Miller (1873-1940) was also Edison's brother-in-law, the brother of Edison’s second wife, community activist Mina Miller Edison (1865–1947). In fine condition, with blotting to Edison's bold signature.
The Edison Botanic Research Corporation was a research firm co-founded in 1927 by Edison and his two boon companions, fellow industrialists Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, to find a viable alternative to rubber that could be grown and processed in the United States. In 1928, the firm opened its research laboratory in Fort Myers, Florida, near Ford's and Edison's summer retreats. In the laboratory and surrounding gardens, researchers grew specimens and conducted experiments. Edison's lab is said to have tested some 17,000 plants before selecting the goldenrod plant as the best domestically-grown rubber alternative. Oversight of the Edison Botanic Research Corporation was transferred to the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1936.
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