Name/Title
A stock certificate for the Fullerton Great West Oil CompanyEntry/Object ID
2011.518.1.1Description
A stock certificate for the Fullerton Great West Oil Company, 14 September 1914. The item has a vignette of a gusher in a field near a two-story building and is number 230 for 5,000 shares (at $1 par value) in the San Diego-based company, formed in April 1914 and capitalized for $500,000, and which had oil wells in the Placentia area in north Orange County by 1917, but dissolved by 1919. Signatures of the the president and secretary are present as is the name of the shareholder. A coupon, perhaps for redemption, is missing from the left margin with a portion remaining. With foxing, darkening, folds, and creases, the condition is good overall.Lexicon
Legacy Lexicon
Object Name
Stock Certificates
