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Fisher Scientific Co., 1950-60's Specimen Stock Certificate

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Fisher Scientific Co., 1950-60's Specimen Stock Certificate
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Pennsylvania, ND (1950-60s). Odd Shares Specimen Stock Certificate, Black text with blue border at left and underprint, Man at work in laboratory at top center. Red specimen overprint and POCs. VF condition, SCBN. The company was founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1902 by Chester Garfield Fisher (1881-1965), originally called the "Scientific Materials Co.". After obtaining his degree in engineering at Western University of Pennsylvania (now University of Pittsburgh), C.G. Fisher purchased the stockroom of the Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory. Fisher became a supplier of lab equipment and reagents for the area's industrial research. Early products included microscopes, burets, pipettes, litmus, balances, colorimeters, dissecting kits, and anatomical models. The first catalog, the 400 page Scientific Materials Co. Catalog of Laboratory Apparatus & Supplies, was published in 1904.