Beautiful $300 Bond certificate for the purchase of 12 shares of stock from the East Palestine Rubber Company issued in 1917. This historic document was printed by the JC Bragdon Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of a large tire. This item has the original signatures of the Company's Treasurer, and is over 96 years old.
Certificate Vignette Reported in April 1912 A new tire company has just been started in East Palestine, Ohio, under the name of the East Palestine Rubber Co. The president is Wilmer Dunbar; vice-president, A. S. Mauk, and the secretary and treasurer, Abram Hartley. The company is capitalized at $50,000. It has started on its factory and is putting up a two-story building 50x110 feet, with a power house 35x50 feet. It expects to be manufacturing tires by the first of January. History from Wikipedia and OldCompanyResearch.com (old stock certificate research service)