Bell & Howell Company - Illinois

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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