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Stock certificate for Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation

1918

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

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.

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Catalog reference: 2012.46.39

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