New online scripophily articles and references, September 2012
AHM brings our mining past back alive
Archivo Historico Minero is an online project, in Spanish. The site contains a large image database related to coal mining in Spain, but also gold and iron mines, marble quarries and lots of other mining sites and related events from all over the world. Numerous photographs are provided by many contributors. You can find here the main link to this project. Also, interesting for scripophily collectors, there is a section Acciones mineras with lots of images of mining stocks and bond certificates. You can find it there. A great initiative and anyone can help contributing images and related stories.
Telephone and telegraph histories from South America
Telephone and telegraph histories from South America
In a series of books, published in the 1920s, Victor M. Berthold of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, discusses South America's telephone and telegraphy history featuring several early telecom companies :
- History of the telephone and telegraph in Brazil, 1851-1921
- History of the telephone and telegraph in Chile, 1851-1922
- History of the telephone and telegraph in Colombia, 1865-1921
- History of the telephone and telegraph in the Argentine republic, 1857-1921
- History of the telephone and telegraph in Uruguay, 1886-1925
And guess what.. at least two of these books are available online! You can find the Argentine part here and the Brazilian part there. On the left, you'll find a link for downloading a PDF version.
Why Wall Street, why Bulls and why Bears ?
der aktiensammler
In addition to the articles above, the latest August 2012 No.4/12 issue of der aktiensammler magazine, contains the following stories (in German) :
F.L.
Does anybody know if the other parts have been put online as well ?
Why Wall Street, why Bulls and why Bears ?
CNBC has put online some short videos about the history of Wall Street. Find the answers on the following questions in these minute videos :
- Do you know why Wall Street is called Wall Street?
- Why are optimists called Bulls?
- Why are pessimists called Bears?
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der aktiensammler
In addition to the articles above, the latest August 2012 No.4/12 issue of der aktiensammler magazine, contains the following stories (in German) :
- McDonald's : Fast food at its best
- Die älteste Siemens-Aktie: Ein US-Papier aus dem Jahr 1883, in English: The oldest Siemens share (The Siemens' Regenerative Gas Lamp Company)
- Die Rentenmark - der Sanierer der Hyperinflation, English: The Rentenmark - remedy for hyperinflation (part 10 in a series on the evolution of money)
- Dampflok-Tradition: Nordhausen-Wernigeroder Eisenbahn AG, or in English: the Nordhausen-Wernigeroder Railway Company
- Zwischen Wupper und Ruhr: Bergische Kleinbahnen AG, freely translated: Between the Wupper and the Ruhr (river) runs the Berg Light Railway Company
- Trabrennbahn Hamburg-Bahrenfeld: Getrabt wird bald woanders, about the Hamburg-Bahrenfeld harness racing track
- Friedrich Eberts Zwangsanleihe: Verjährte Massenpapiere, English: Friedrich Ebert's Forced Loan - piles of expired bonds
- Die Ebay-Spekulationswelle flacht deutlich ab, in English: Speculation wave on Ebay is clearly weakening
- other periodical topics : Auction Reviews, Book Reviews, Collector's Portrait, Events Calendar, Classifieds
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