Stock certificate for the Mound Bayou Oil Mill and Manufacturing Company
date: label: Date
content: January 18, 1911
name: label: Issued by
content: Mound Bayou Oil Mill and Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1912
label: Owned by
content: Frank Daniel, American
label: Subject of
content: Isaiah T. Montgomery, American, 1847 - 1924
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Ange A. Cosey, American, born 1875
notes: label: Description
content: A stock certificate, number [2469] for nine shares of the Mound Bayou Oil Mill and Manufacturing Company, issued to Frank Daniel on January 18, 1911 for $1.00 per share. The certificate is on cream colored paper surrounded by an elaborate green border. Beneath the top, left corner of the border is an image of two men surrounded by cotton plants, hauling baskets of cotton, a man picking cotton and a woman carrying a basket of cotton on her head. In the distant background the in another man picking cotton, a barn with animals and a steamboat, on a river in the far distance. Beneath the top, right corner of the border is an image of several stacked sacks, the top sack has [LINTERS] printed on the side. And leaning against the stacked sacks are two more sacks, one printed with [COTTON / SEED / HULLS FOR / STOCK / FEED] printed on the front and a second one with [COTTON / SEED / MEAL] lying flat on the ground in front of a barrel that has [CRUDE / COTTON / SEED / OIL] printed on one end of the barrel. The sacks and barrel are bordered on the right with two cotton bolls on stems with leaves. The certificate is signed via stamp by A.A. Casey, Secretary and Isaiah Montgomery, President. On the verso there are three blank, identical sets of a form to transfer stock ownership: {For Value Received / _____ hereby assign and transfer unto _____ / _____ Shares of the Capital Stock represented by the within / Certificate, and do hereby constitute and appoint _____ / Attorney, to transfer the said Stock on the books of the named Company, with full power of / substitution in the premises. / _____ / Dated _____ 190_ / Signed in the presence of _____].
place: label: Place printed
content: Mound Bayou, Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Communities
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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, Gift of Gwen Lymon in loving memory of Rhoda Daniel Lowery
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.177.1
objectType: label: Type
content: stock certificates
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 8 7/8 × 11 11/16 in. (22.6 × 29.7 cm)