Stock certificate for Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation: Museum Object and Cultural History
Stock certificate for Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation: Date: 1918. Issued by: Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation, American, founded 1916. Type: stock certificates.
The object in the museum catalogue
Elaborately engraved stock certificate issued to Arthur C. Young by the Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation. The certificate is engraved on cream colored paper with a brown decorative border with a silver seal affixed to the bottom left corner.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1918
- Issued by: Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation, American, founded 1916
- Type: stock certificates
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. (21 x 27.3 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Black Enterprise
- Topic: Business
- Topic: Film
- Topic: Finance
- Topic: Race discrimination
- Topic: Race films
- Object number: 2012.46.39
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: No Known Copyright Restrictions Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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