North American Aviation, Inc. - 1937

Beautifully engraved certificate from North American Aviation, Inc. issued in 1937. This historic document was printed by the E.A. Wright Banknote Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of mercury flying in the clouds along side of an airplane. This item has the printed signatures of the Company's President (E. R. Breech) and its Secretary and is over 70 years old.






Certificate Vignette



During the prosperous, whirling 1920s, aviation was in its childhood. Companies dedicated to airplane manufacturing, engines, propellers, passenger flight and support industries sprouted across the country. On Dec. 6, 1928, North American Aviation was incorporated in Delaware to become a holding company for many of these new ventures. In March 1930, it was listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

North American Aviation, Inc., had interests in a number of leading airlines and aircraft manufacturing companies including the General Aviation Manufacturing Corporation, located at the Curtis-Caproni plant at Dundalk, Md.