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American Meter Co. - 1930's-50's dated Stock Certificate - John Avery McIlhenny History

Inv# GS1020   Stock
State(s): Delaware
Years: 1930's-50's
Color: Olive or Brown

General Stock printed by American Bank Note Company. Superb vignette of female figure with a baby angelic figure with wings seated next to her! Great! Available in Olive or Brown. Please specify color. John Avery McIlhenny (1867–1942) was an American businessman, soldier, politician and civil servant. He was the eldest son of Tabasco sauce inventor Edmund McIlhenny. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Avery_McIlhenny

John McIlhenny introduced a resolution in Columbus City Council and the Georgia state legislature for public schools in Columbus in November 1866, just nineteen months after the end of the Civil War. When the resolution was unanimously adopted, Columbus became the site of Georgia's first public schools. McIlhenny donated $1,000 to purchase and equip a school building, and Columbus Male Public School #1 opened on October 14, 1867 at the corner of 2nd Avenue and 10th Street. In the early 20th century, Columbus named an industrial, and later an elementary, school at 2400 2nd Avenue for McIlhenny.

In 1877, McIlhenny and his family moved to Philadelphia, where he developed several early mechanical natural gas meters and remained active in the natural gas industry. He bought an interest in a gas company that became known as Helme and McIlhenny by 1885, and led the formation of a trade association for the major gas meter manufacturers. Often called the "dean" of the gas meter industry, McIlhenny became president of the American Meter Company in 1895 after a merger involving six firms. (The company lives on today as part of the German-based Elster group.) This meter, a later model of McIlhenny's original coin-operated design, bears the American Meter Company branding. Read more at https://columbusmuseum.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/E9FBA401-1E53-4A43-80AE-447088504084

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Condition: Excellent

A stock certificate is issued by businesses, usually companies. A stock is part of the permanent finance of a business. Normally, they are never repaid, and the investor can recover his/her money only by selling to another investor. Most stocks, or also called shares, earn dividends, at the business's discretion, depending on how well it has traded. A stockholder or shareholder is a part-owner of the business that issued the stock certificates.

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