AMF Incorporated stock certificate 1971

Nice vignette of greek male seated with hammer and equipment in front of factory scenes. Uncommon piece dated 1971.

Owned Harley-Davidson motorcycle brand. Founded to make automated machines for the tobacco industry. The company continued to expand its activities in automated machinery into many areas including, just prior to World War II the automatic pinspotter. The war effort delayed the introduction of this latter proposal until 1959 when it revolutionized tenpin bowling and touched off a boom in the sport.