Bidspirit auction | 1903 Jewett Typewriter Co. Bond

1903 Jewett Typewriter Co. Bond Certificate - $20 Bearer Bond certificate for the Jewett Typewriter Co. of Des Moines Iowa issued 31 March 1903. The Jewett Typewriter Company founded in 1890, sold one of the first commercially successful machines worldwide. Founder George Jewett visited Europe 10 times to promote his typewriter business and his company received awards at the Chicago World’s Fair and the 1900 Paris Exposition. It was reported that the Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany owned one and the Bank of England used it when it switched from longhand. Jewett Typewriter was absorbed by Underwood in 1910. The bond is printed in both English and French and is in VG condition with 2 folds and retaining 29 of 38 redemption coupons. Measures approx 12” wide, 16.5” tall. From the Howard Hazelcorn collection.