Stock certificate for the Lincoln Motion Picture Company: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A stock certificate for the Lincoln Motion Picture Company. Document is made out to Samuel Berry for one hundred shares at one dollar per share. The certificate is signed by Clarence A. Brooks and James Thomas Smith in their roles as Secretary and President of the company, respectively, and dated to the 18th of April, 1921. At top left is an image of Abraham Lincoln. Gold embossed stamp at bottom left reads [LINCOLN MOTION PICTURE COMPANY / CALIFORNIA / INCORPORATED / JANUARY 20, 1917]. On back is a restatement of the issuance of one hundred shares of the capital stock of the Lincoln Motion Picture Company to Samuel Berry. On the left is preprinted language, complete with blank spaces for filling out, for the sale or transfer of the certificate to another party.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1921
• Created by: Lincoln Motion Picture Company, American, 1916 - 1921
• Printed by: Goes Lithographing Company, American, founded 1879
• Subject of: Clarence Brooks, American, 1896 - 1969
• Subject of: James T. Smith
• Subject of: Samuel Berry
• Type: stock certificates
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 3/8 × 10 13/16 in. (21.3 × 27.4 cm)
• Place depicted: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black Enterprise
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Finance
• Object number: 2019.28.27
• 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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