Thomas Edison Signed Storage Battery Co. Board Minutes + Charles Edison

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Thomas Edison Signed Storage Battery Co. Board Minutes + Charles Edison :
$5895.00

1922 THOMAS A. EDISON Signed Edison Storage Battery Co. Board Minutes + Charles original two-page corporate document from the Edison Storage Battery Company dated June 15, 1922, documenting an official Board of Directors meeting held at the company’s principal office in West Orange, New Jersey.

This historic industrial archive contains multiple original ink signatures including:

Thomas Alva Edison

Charles Edison

Stephen B. Mambert

H. F. Miller

J. V. Miller

Henry Lanahan

J. W. Robinson

Frank D. Fagan

The meeting concerns authorization for the purchase of 80,000 pounds of reduced nickel from International Nickel Company for Edison battery production operations — an outstanding piece of early American industrial and technological history.

Thomas Edison signatures on intact historical business documents are far scarcer and more desirable than clipped signatures or checks. This example directly relates to Edison’s revolutionary nickel-iron storage battery enterprise.

Details

Date: June 15, 1922

Company: Edison Storage Battery Company

Location: West Orange, New Jersey

Length: 2 pages

Medium: Typed corporate minutes with original ink signatures

Signatures: Multiple, including Thomas A. Edison and Charles Edison

Subject: Authorization for major nickel purchase for battery manufacturing

Condition: Very good antique condition with expected age toning, handling wear, filing marks, and folds. Signatures remain bold and attractive.

Historical Importance

The Edison Storage Battery Company represented one of Thomas Edison’s most ambitious later-life ventures. Edison devoted enormous effort toward development of nickel-iron alkaline storage batteries for electric vehicles, mining lamps, railroad signaling, and industrial applications.

This document captures the operational side of that enterprise at the executive level and provides a rare surviving glimpse into Edison-era manufacturing authentic period document.

Recommended for PSA/DNA, Beckett, or JSA authentication if desired by purchaser.

Ideal For

Thomas Edison collectors

Industrial history collectors

Autograph collectors

Early technology museums

Corporate archive collectors

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