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Auction: 21143 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World e-Auction
Lot: 516

U.S.A.: Swiss Steam Laundry Company (WV), $50 shares, 189[2], #215, signed by T.E. Roessle as President, attractive vignette of very large laundry building, black, gold seal. Established in Washington D.C. in 1878 and incorporated in 1891, then the largest steam laundry in the world covering some 16,000 square feet and employing 125 men and women. Theophilus Elwood Roessle (1833 - 1904), was also owner of the large Arlington Hotel in the City, in addition to others such as the Fort William Henry Hotel in New York State. His estate on his death was stated to be $1,350,000. EF.

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Estimate
£35 to £40

Starting price
£30