Beautifully engraved certificate from the Directory of Directors Company issued in 1931. This historic document was printed by the Broun-Green Company and has an ornate border around it. This item has the hand signed signatures of the Company's President, Evan C. Dresser and Secretary, Emanuel Bell, and is over 80 years old. The Directory of Directors in the City of New York issued a comprehensive directory of the large business interests of New York City. It included a complete alphabetical list of Directors or Trustees having New York City addresses, followed by the names of Companies with which each was connected. The name of the Firm or Company with which each Director is most closely associated was given. The second book also contained selected lists of corporations in Banking, Insurance, Transportation, Manufacturing and other lines of business, alphabetically arranged, accompanied in each case by the names of the Company's principal Officers and all its Directors or Trustees. History from Bob Kerstein and OldCompany.com (old stock certificate research service)