Beautifully engraved certificate from the
Bell and Howell Company issued
no later than 1976. This historic document was printed by the Federated Banknote Company and has a vignette of a short-haired, woman wearing a robe and sitting on a concrete bench. This item has the printed signatures of the Company's President and Secretary and is
at least 28 years old.
Certificate Vignette
Bell & Howell History
Founded in 1907 as motion picture camera company
Revolutionized film making
Took the “flicker” out of early “flicks”
Introduced industry’s first all metal camera
Developed reputation for innovation and high quality
Began producing high-quality projectors
and cameras
Professionals, schools, homes
Entered into microfilm business
1950s to 1980s:
Awarded four Academy Awards
Grew into multi-national
conglomerate
Bought or sold more than
100 companies
1988: Taken private in a leveraged
buyout
Refocused on select businesses
Acquired complementary companies
Divested those that didn’t fit corporate strategy
1995: Returned to public offering
1996: Holds the first-ever annual shareholders
meeting to be broadcast “live” over the Internet
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