Last year I posted the first two pieces in this series intended to focus on random photos or ephemera that I have laying around. The first one featured a strange Auburn University figure and the second one the business card for a state senator candidate in a 1922 election.
Now we come to this blank stock certificate, found for me on eBay by my son Amos. At first I thought the business operated in Virginia and just had "Alabama" in its name for some reason. After all, the tiny print at the top says "Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of Virginia".
However, this business entity was also incorporated in Alabama. I found a bare bones business listing that gives a 27 April 1927 incorporation date in the state. Also noted is that the incorporation was "withdrawn" but no date given. The legal address is "1000 Travelers Bldg. Richmond, VA". I presume that's the site shown in the postcard below. Did the Virginia incorporators have an office there?
So, what we have is "OO1" issue of 100 shares of class A common stock, never sold, in a corporation that probably never operated. I tried searching for the President on Ancestry.com, but found nothing under AW, AU or AM Dell. I'm guessing those are initials and a last name, not just a last name of Audell.
If anyone has information about this entity, please let us know in the comments.
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