A stock certificate for The California-Petroleum Company

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

A stock certificate for The California-Petroleum Company

Entry/Object ID

2007.198.1.1

Description

A stock certificate for The California-Petroleum Company, incorporated in Arizona, but headquartered in Los Angeles, 1 November 1910. The item has, in the upper left corner, a vignette of oil wells and tanks. The printed information delineates the certificate number, amount of shares and share value, total company capital, shareholder's name, date, and the signatures of the president and secretary of the company. A gold seal is at the bottom left. The reverse has another vignette and lists the number of shares, shareholder's name, and date. A company broadside is item .2. Transfer information is not flled in. With tears on folds, a few stains, edge wear, and soiling, the condition is fair.

Lexicon

Search Terms

California-Petroleum Company, The, Petroleum industry and trade--California--Los Angeles, Petroleum prospecting--California--Los Angeles

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Stock Certificates