Commercial Cable Company - Interim Bond Certificate

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Title:: Commercial Cable Company - Interim Bond Certificate
Alternate Title:: Commercial Cable Company
Collection:: Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
Creator:: Commercial Cable Company
Date:: 1897
Posted Date:: 2017-04-14
ID Number:: 2064.01
Collection Number:: 8548
File Name:: PJM_2064_01.jpg
Style/Period:: 1870 - 1899
Subject:: Money & Finance
Advertising & Promotion
Measurement:: 5 x 15 (centimeters, height x width)
Notes:: Certificates representing ownership of corporate stocks and bonds ("scripophily") sometimes contain maps intended to promote the company. In this case, the map suggests the company's accomplishments in a tangible way: it shows three cable lines completed by the company in 1884 and 1894, using the MacKay-Bennett system, named after its two founders. http://www.hugovandermolen.nl/scripophily/texts/USA,CommercialCable.php, accessed November 25, 2016.

For another example, see ID #2065, American Locker Company (1947).

Date is estimated.

For further information on the Collector’s Notes and a Feedback/Contact Link, see https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/about-collection-personal-statement and https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/feedback-and-contact
Cite As:: P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Repository:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Archival Collection:: P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
Format:: Image
Rights:: For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.

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