[Edison, Thomas. (1847–1931)] Allen, Ivan. (1876–1968)
Atlanta From The Ashes - PRESENTATION COPY TO CHARLES EDISON
Atlanta: Ruralist Press. 1928. First Edition. 8 vo. 144 pp, including illustrations. No jacket. Number 32 of limited edition, signed and inscribed by the author to Charles Edison. The book is dedicated in print "to the men in commerce and industry who have made America great." In fine condition.Thomas Edison's second son, was Chairman of the Board of Directors, becoming President of Thomas A. Edison, Inc. in 1926. He later served as FDR's Secretary of the Navy and Governor of New Jersey.
In 1900 while still in his mid-twenties, Ivan Allen cofounded the Atlanta office supply firm later known as the Ivan Allen Company. Begun in 1913, Allen's presidency of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce was marked by the great fire of 1917 which destroyed fifty square blocks of the city and left more than 10,000 residents homeless. The chamber of commerce tapped Allen to head the"Forward Atlanta" booster campaign from 1926 to 1929. This venture, designed to solidify Atlanta's emerging position as the leading city of the South, placed advertisements in business publications across the country and touted Atlanta as the ideal location for new factories and for southern branch offices. Allen wrote the campaign's central document, Atlanta from the Ashes. (11059)
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