Archives International Auctions Sale 61 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera and Historic Ephemera October 4 & 5, 2020

Archives International Auctions - Sale 61 198 October 4-5,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Ephemera - Autographs - Technology New York 1319 1319 Letter from Thomas J. Watson to Willis K. Whitney Regarding George Eastman, 1931 Schenectady, NY.... January 12, 1931 Society of the Genesee, Inc.. Letter to Mr. Whitney (an American chemist and founder of the research laboratory of the General Electric Company) detailing a Society of the Genesee event honoring George Eastman and his contributions to film and celebrating his patents. Hand signed typed letter from Thomas Watson as president of the society. Thomas JohnWatson Sr. (1874 – 1956) was an American businessman. He served as the chairman and CEO of International Business Machines (IBM). He oversaw the company’s growth into an international force from 1914 to 1956. Watson developed IBM’s management style and corporate culture from John Henry Patterson’s training at NCR. He turned the company into a highly-effective selling organization, based largely on punched card tabulating machines. A leading self-made industrialist, he was one of the richest men of his time and was called the world’s greatest salesman when he died in 1956. The letter refers to an award dinner given to George Eastman, who was frequently approached to receive awards and honors that would have focused public attention on him, but invariably Eastman “escaped” these offers. His typical reply was this response to the Society of the Genesee, whose membership included most of his long-time friends and business associates: “I deeply appreciate the honor, and deeply regret that it is wholly impossible for me to accept such an invitation. … I should be embarrassed beyond measure on such an occasion and do not feel that I could go through the ordeal.” In April 1930, after Tom Watson took over as president of the Genesee Society, the salesman went to work and succeeded in convincing Eastman to attend. He wanted this great industrialist to receive the public recognition of his peers that he so richly deserved. The press documents that Watson made a personal trip to Rochester and “prevailed upon him [Mr. Eastman] to accept the honor” from the “twelve-hundred-member society.” In June, the Society announced George Eastman’s acceptance. The organization celebrated Watson’s “noteworthy achievement” in overcoming Mr. Eastman’s “ever-increasing desire to retire from the public eye,” because everyone wanted to say thank you for the employment he had created locally, nationally and internationally, and acknowledge the estimated $80 to $100 million he had donated to worthy projects in his city, state, country and world. (From the John E. Herzog Collection)����������������������������������� Est. $350-700 Ephemera - Expositions & Fairs California 1320 1320 Panama Pacific International Exposition 1915 “San Francisco Day - Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1915 Pass. California. Expo ticket # 151959, San Francisco Day Tuesday, Nov 2, 1915, stub attached with small cancellation punch. Pan Pac monuments in middle, back with Expo logo and “Souvenir Ticket” , XF to Unc. Litho printed, no printer imprint. Scarce.���������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $50-85 Ephemera - Historic France 1321 1321 French East India Company Lot of 2 Pamphlet-Documents, 1749 and 1767 Pair. France.... Lot of 2 documents, Includes 1768 printed 3 page text booklet regarding the French East India Company and dealings with Parliament and the King of France; and, and 1749 pamphlet-booklet dealing with the establishment of the Hotel de la Compagnie des Indes à Paris, all in French. The French East India Company was a commercial Imperial enterprise, founded in 1664 to compete with the English (later British) and Dutch East India companies in the East Indies. The Company was not able to maintain itself financially, and it was abolished in 1769, about 20 years before the French Revolution. King Louis XVI issued a 1769 edict that required the Company to transfer to the state all its properties, assets and rights, which were valued at 30 million livres. The Hotel de la Compagnie des Indes à Paris is classified as a historic monument and today it houses the National Library of France. (2) (Ex. John E. Herzog Collection) �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400 New Jersey 1322 1322 Jersey CityGrammar School inAid of Poor of Jersey City, NJ, 1858 Program by Children of the School. NJ. 5 x 12 inches, Printed on soft paper, Lists different skits and plays by the children to help the poor of Jersey City. VF with toning, small edge faults, but extremely rare.������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $25-40 Pennsylvania 1323 1323 Public Sale of Valuable Real Estate 1882 Advertisement Broad Side. Pennsylvania.... 1882. Large advertisement broadside, 12 x 16 inches, for the public sale of real estate lots in Somerset County, Pennsylvania to be sold by “public outcry”. Document includes several descriptions of land tracts up for sale which were the property of deceased Peter Meyers, of Summit township. Peter Meyers was a member of the first board of directors of the Pittsburg and Connellsville Railway. Fine condition with a few small circular stains near left margin. �������������������������������������� Est. $30-60