Beautifully engraved certificate from the Levin-Townsend Computer Corporation issued in 1971. This historic document was printed by the Security Columbian Banknote Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of an allegorical woman with world globes on her side with a city in the background. This item has the printed signatures of the Company's President, James E. Townsend and Secretary and is over 34 years old.
Certificate Vignette Howard S. Levin and James E. Townsend developed and pioneered a new business program consisting of the acquisition of computers from IBM and the short-term leasing of them in competition with IBM's leasing activities. They formed Levin-Townsend Computer Corporation, a New Jersey corporation, to implement the program.