Print Specifics:
- Type of print:
Electrotype (or a Photo-engraving of a Steel Engraving) - This is a portrait print from a
salvaged book. Has text, unrelated to the illustration, on the back.
- Year of printing: 1895
- Publisher: The New York Tribune
- Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair)
- Light age toning of paper, slightly darker along the edges
- Dimensions: 7 x 10
inches, including blank margins around the image. Full borders around the image not shown in the photo. Image dimensions only: 3.5 x 4 inches. 1 inch = 2,54 cm.
- Paper weight: 3 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)
- Note: Facsimile signature under the image
Basic genealogy information:
- HORATIO VICTOR NEWCOMB, railroad president and banker, was born in Louisville, Ky., July 26, 1844.
- In 1880, Mr. Newcomb removed to New York city
and organized The United States National Bank, of which the
stockholders elected him president. In this institution, he was
associated with Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, Morris K. Jesup, William R.
Travers, Col. John J. McCook, and other well-known men. Within fourteen
months from the time this bank had opened its doors, the deposits had
grown to §7,000,000, an achievement the like of which had never been
heard of before. He was, it is believed, the youngest bank president in
the United States; and whatever may be said of the subsequent history
of the institution, it is a fact that while Mr. Newcomb held the
position of president, the bank never sustained a single loss.
Mr. Newcomb has been at times a large and active operator in Wall
street. He began dealing in stocks before he left Louisville and became
conspicuous for the brilliancy of his manoeuvres. He thought quickly,
acted without hesitation, and generally succeeded in his ventures. The
manner in which he developed the value of the stock of The Louisville
& Nashville Railroad was the subject of much nattering comment.
As a director in The New York & West Shore Railroad at its
organization, Mr. Newcomb was an active factor in the construction of
that line.
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