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Parker Pen Co. signed by George Safford Parker - Autograph Stock Certificate

Inv# GS5683   Stock
Parker Pen Co. signed by George Safford Parker - Autograph Stock Certificate
State(s): Wisconsin
Years: 1926

Stock. Larger than normal and very colorful! Signed by George Safford Parker.

George Safford Parker (November 1, 1863 – July 19, 1937) was an American inventor and industrialist.

Parker was a telegraphy instructor in Janesville, Wisconsin, and had a sideline repairing and selling fountain pens. Dismayed by the unreliability of the pens, he experimented with ways to prevent ink leaks. In 1888, Parker founded the Parker Pen Company. The next year he received his first fountain pen patent. By 1908, his factory on Main Street in Janesville was reportedly the largest pen manufacturing facility in the world. Parker eventually became one of the world's premier pen brands, and one of the first brands with a global presence. George S. Parker High School in Janesville is his namesake. Parker graduated from Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa.

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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