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Mr. Linsky BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 5071 Location: BRENTWOOD, CA. - WOODMERE, N.Y.
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 1:21 am Post subject: 'WANT TO BUY A GOOD STOCK?' |
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I tell ya, things is so bad now that I wrote a check this morning and my bank bounced!
They always told me that the best way to start any speech is with a joke - well, I've done that - now to business;
We talk so much about the Omnibus Corporation and how it played such a significant role in bringing motor buses to the forefront of modern rapid transit especially in New York City and Chicago that I thought you'd like to see what an actual share of that company's stock looked like.
Pictured below is just such a specimen done up in artwork that the bank note people were so well known for.
If you look closely, you can see two early double deckers of either Fifth Avenue Coach or Chicago Motor Coach wooven into the scene at the top of the certificate.
Enjoy,
Photo courtesy of the American Bank Note Company archives.
Mr. Linsky - Green Bus Lines, Inc., Jamaica, NY
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Pipe
Age: 82 Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 78 Location: Tobyhanna PA
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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Mr. Lansky. I think that there are still some stock holders that have them stocks. |
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Mr. Linsky BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 5071 Location: BRENTWOOD, CA. - WOODMERE, N.Y.
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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Pipe,
I'll have to do a little research on that but I think 'Omnibus Corporation' as such is extinct.
Fifth Avenue Coach Company is a different story, and I believe they still exist in non transportation businesses which is why the MTA's Queen Mary (Yellow 735) had to slightly change its flag.
It may be that any Omnibus stock was converted to Fifth Avenue back in the sixties.
As I said, I'll check further.
Nice hearing from you!
Mr. Linsky - Green Bus Lines, Inc., Jamaica, NY |
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