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Dighton Color Works Stock Certificate Pristine 1884 [127608]

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Dighton Color Works Stock Certificate Pristine 1884  [127608]
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A pristine stock certificate from The Dighton Color Works, located at Dighton, Massachusetts and incorporated in New York. The certificate No. 1 is for 14 shares issued to John P. Adams as Trustee (no apparent relation to the president) on March 19, 1884, and signed by President Elva Huntington and Secretary John P. Adams, with Adams signature again on the rear along with another signature (In presence of) by Joseph J. Bowman. Brightly colored certificate has red border with blue printed writing and a blue vignette of a man fanning a fire with bottles and equipment surrounding him. Also has a gold seal with text including the name of the company, 1884, N.Y. Pristine condition with five light folds. Approx. 10.5" x 7".
In the 1899 publication, "Dighton, Ma. From OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE A DESCRIPTIVE AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BRISTOL COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS" it states there was "a color works now operated by Mason, Chapin & Co., of Providence." (The company had acquired Anchor Color & Gum Works in 1892.) On the website www.dighton-ma.gov, "The Anchor Color and Gum Works, built in 1861, first manufactured furniture, then oil paint and watercolors," and, " Only one building remains of the Anchor Color and Gum Works, which was last known as Zeneca, Inc." (Closed down in the '90s after an environmental cleanup controversy.)

Date: 1884
Country (if not USA):
State: Massachusetts
City: Dighton
Provenance: Ken Prag Collection