Nash Motors Company stock certificate c1919  (Wisconsin) - blue 100 shares

Uncommon early auto maker stock. Awesome vignette of two reclining classical female figures flanking a a small child holding torches. Unissued and not cancelled. Circa 1919 (maybe as early as c1916) from issued examples. Measures approximately 12 x 8 inches.

This listing is for the blue 100 share design. Check our other listing for the brown less than 100 shares. 

Nash Motors Company was an American automobile manufacturer that operated as an independent entity from 1916 to 1937 and then as a division of the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation until 1954. It was eventually absorbed by Chrysler Corporation in 1987 after becoming a major part of the American Motors Corporation (AMC).

Nash Motors was founded in 1916 by Charles W. Nash, a former president of General Motors, who acquired the Thomas B. Jeffery Company in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The company quickly gained a reputation for building high-quality, durable, and affordable cars and became the leading producer of four-wheel drive military trucks (the Jeffery Quad/Nash Quad) during World War I.

1937: Nash Motors merged with the Kelvinator Corporation, a leading manufacturer of high-end refrigerators, to form the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation.

1954: Nash-Kelvinator merged with the Hudson Motor Car Company to form American Motors Corporation (AMC), at the time the largest corporate merger in U.S. history.

1957: AMC phased out the Nash and Hudson brand names to focus on the more successful Rambler and Metropolitan marques.

Nash was known for several engineering and design innovations:

Weather Eye heating and ventilation system:
Introduced in 1938, this system is the basis of all modern car heaters and drew fresh, filtered air from outside the car.

Unibody construction:
The 1941 Nash 600 was the first mass-produced American car to use unibody (unitized) construction, which improved fuel economy and structural rigidity.

Seat belts:
Nash offered seat belts as a factory-installed option in 1950, though consumer demand was low at the time.

Compact cars:
The Nash Rambler (1950) is widely considered the first successful modern American compact car, and the even smaller Nash Metropolitan (1954) was the first American-designed imported car.

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