Prest-O-Lite History

I obtained this article from the Town of Speedway Library, and it provides a tidy history of the Prest-O-Lite Company, which was founded by Carl Fisher, James Allison and Percy Avery. Avery had purchased the French patents, but lacked the connections and business savvy to convert them into a profitable operation. Fisher and Allison had the vision and the energy to convince the automotive industry of the potential of compressed acetylene gas for automobile automobile headlights. This was the company that took both Fisher and Allison to the next level of prominence in business circles. It also made them millionaires at a time when that really meant something.