Miscellaneous (mostly railroad) stock certificates
Creation: 1848-1907Abstract
Historically, a stock certificate is a paper record of ownership in a company. Certain information is included on a stock certificate: number of share, identification number, a corporate seal, and signatures. This collection consists of predominantly unissued stock certificates for American railroad companies. There are also four certificates of tax free municipal bonds of the City of Philadelphia.
Dates
- Creation: 1848-1907
Creator
- Canada Southern Railway Company (Organization)
- Cincinnati Northern Railroad Company (Organization)
- Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad Company (Organization)
- Cleveland & Toledo Railroad (Organization)
- Little Falls & Dolgeville Railroad (Organization)
- Mahoning Coal Railroad Company (Organization)
- McKeesport and Belle Vernon Railroad Company (Organization)
- Merchants Despatch Transportation Company (Organization)
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company (Organization)
- Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway Company (Organization)
- Cleveland, Painesville, and Ashtabula Rail Road Company (Organization)
- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway (Organization)
- Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad Company (Organization)
- Peoria and Eastern Railway Company (Organization)
- Niagara Falls Branch Railroad (Organization)
- New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad (Organization)
- New York and Ottawa Railway Company (Organization)
- New York and Northern Railway Company (Organization)
- Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad Company (Organization)
- Michigan Central Railroad Company (Organization)
- Wallkill Valley Railroad (Organization)
- Utica and Schenectady Rail Road Company (Organization)
- Ulster & Delaware Railroad (Organization)
Extent
104 item(s)
General Physical Description
104 items : stock certificates ; 10 x 11.5 in. or smaller.
Historical Note
Historically, a stock certificate is a paper record of ownership in a company. Certain information is included on a stock certificate: number of share, identification number, a corporate seal, and signatures. Most of them have intricate artwork or designs to help prevent fraud. The certificate represents partial ownership in a company. While certificates in the past were issued on paper, it is now common that the records are kept electronically.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of predominantly unissued stock certificates for American railroad companies. Over thirty companies are represented. There are also four certificates of tax free municipal bonds ("city loans") issued to different individuals under authority of the City of Philadelphia: they date 1855, 1856, 1866, 1883.
Location
GL Box 1.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Language of Materials
English
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- Miscellaneous (mostly railroad) stock certificates
- Date:
- 2015
- Description rules:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description:
- English
- Script of description:
- Latin
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository
