Signed Check; "Father of the Modern Submarine
Bridgeport, CT: December 17, 1920. Simon Lake Signed Check. Partially-Printed Document, Bank Check measuring 2-5/8" x 6.5", Signed "Simon Lake" as the Payer of $8.25 on check from The Argonaut Salvage Company payable to Bridgeport Cornice Works, Ink, drawn on the Bridgeport Trust Company.
SIMON LAKE (1866-1945): Lake built the first Submarines for the U.S. Navy and is considered the "Father of the Modern Submarine"
February 23, 1910-Dated, Choice Extremely Fine. Punch-cancelled "PAID +11021" at the center. Lake's signature is in black ink and countersigned by the company Treasurer. Includes ephemera from the "Simmon Lake Project" signed by his grandson, Jeff Lake, a biography of Lake and a photo. Simon Lake was an American mechanical engineer and naval architect who obtained over two hundred patents for advances in naval design. He competed with John Holland to build the first submarines for the United States Navy. He was inspired by Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" and brought his visions to life. He was a Quaker American mechanical engineer and naval engineer and became known as the "Gentle Genius" and is considered the "Father of the Modern Submarine" Fine, includes Certificate of Authenticity from the Simon B. Lake archives signed by his Great-grandson, Jeffrey B. Lake. Item #3336
“Jules Verne was in a sense the director-general of my life. When I was not more than ten or eleven years old I read his Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea and my young imagination was fired....But with the impudence which is a part of the equipment of the totally inexperienced I found fault with some features of Jules Verne’s Nautilus and set about improving on them.” - Simon Lake.
Price: $200.00