CLARENCE F. BIRDSEYE - BOND SIGNED 06/01/1935 - HFSID 252219
Special Sale Price $600.00
Reg. $900.00
CLARENCE BIRDSEYE. Partly Printed Bond signed: "Clarence
Birdseye" as President and "H.D. Wilson" as Assistant
Secretary of the Birdseye Electric Company, 1p, 13½x10. Delaware, 1935
June 1. Certificate No. M78. Five-Year Convertible Sinking Fund Note for
$1000, payable at 6 per cent, due June 1, 1940. Two interest coupons, 4x2½,
attached at upper left. Clarence Birdseye (1886-1956), who developed methods
of quick-freezing foods to preserve freshness, formed General Seafoods Co.
in 1924. In 1929, "The Father of Frozen Food" sold the firm to Postum
Co., which renamed it General Foods. Birdseye then served as President of
Birds Eye Frosted Foods and Birdseye Electric Company (founded in 1934, for
which this certificate was issued to raise capital). He eventually held
about 300 patents for items ranging from a recoilless harpoon gun to an infrared
heat lamp. Lightly creased with folds, light vertical fold at the "C" in
Clarence. Tape remnant at upper left margin, where coupons are affixed to
certificate. Overall, fine condition.
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