Stock certificate for the Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation
date: label: Date
content: 1918
name: label: Created by
content: Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation, American, founded 1916
label: Printed by
content: Goes Lithographing Company, American, founded 1879
label: Printed by
content: Dwight & M. H. Jackson, American
label: Subject of
content: Edwin L. Barker, American
label: Subject of
content: Henrietta Eggert
notes: label: Description
content: A stock certificate for the Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation. Document is made out to Henrietta Eggert for four shares at ten dollars per share. The certificate is signed by E. E. [illegible] and Edwin L. Barker in their roles as Assistant Secretary and President of the company, respectively, and dated to the 9th of March, 1918. At top center is an image of a radiant torch. Gold embossed stamp at bottom left is largely illegible, but part appears to read [BIRTH OF A RACE PHOTOPLAY CORPORATION]. On back is a restatement of the issuance of four shares of the capital stock of the Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation to Henrietta Eggert. On the left is preprinted language, complete with blank spaces for filling out, for the sale or transfer of the certificate to another party.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Delaware, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Finance
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.28.26.1
objectType: label: Type
content: stock certificates
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8 1/4 × 10 7/8 in. (21 × 27.6 cm)