Rockefeller entered the oil industry at the age of twenty-four and worked ruthlessly to unify it into the Standard Oil Trust. Flagler, a real estate and railroad entrepreneur, set out to make Florida the “Newport of the South” by providing extensive rail access and grand hotels to lure wealthy vacationers. DS, one page both sides, 16 x 7.75, June 16, 1887. Green stock certificate, featuring an engraved vignette of the U.S. Capitol, for six shares of the Standard Oil Trust in the name of Stephen A. Frost, signed at the bottom by Rockefeller as President and Flagler as Treasurer. The stub remains attached at the left edge; the transfer on the reverse has been accomplished in ink. In fine condition, with light creases and embossed machine cancellations to signatures, slightly perforating paper. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
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