(AVIATION) Stock certificate for Petersen’s American Aerial

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(AVIATION.) Stock certificate for Petersen's American Aerial Navigation Company. Illustrated form, 7 x 11 inches, completed in manuscript for shareholder L. Larson and signed by company president Carl W. Peterson and his secretary; 4-inch repaired closed tear, wrinkling. New York, 5 September 1883

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The illustration depicts a wind-powered airship towing three carriages over a coastal landscape. The company was launched in 1882 and was active at least through 1887. None of these certificates is traced in OCLC, but one is held by the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.

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