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Auction: 319 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the Americas
Lot: 3325

Popp Compressed Air & Electric Power Company, $100 shares, New York 188[8], #35, vignette of winged cherub carrying electric light, black, printed by American Bank Note Co., EF.

Victor Popp was an Austrian engineer reponsible for providing Paris with a city wide supply of compressed air which drove the public clocks, hydraulic lifts and communication systems. His system was brought to the United States by this company.

Estimate
$80 to $100