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Alaska Packers Association
Alaska Packers Association Stock Certificate
For 10 Shares Issued to Anna Fortman in 1911; Printed by Schmidt Litho Company, San Francisco
$50
Item Details
San Francisco, Alaska Packers Association, 1911
VG+ to Near Fine
[STOCK CERTIFICATE] [ALASKA – FISHERIES] [ALASKA – CANNERIES] [FISHING – COMMERCIAL] [SALMON – PACKING] Alaska Packers Association. Canceled stock certificate # A 5867 certifying that Anna Fortmann was entitled to ten shares of capital stock of the Alaska Packers Association of San Francisco; initial transaction dated July 27, 1911; cancelled punch holes and an ink stamp on front dated August 21, 1941. Signatures on the back notes that Mrs. Anna Fortmann transferred the stock to W. G. Fortmann; three 20 cent 1940 Series Documentary stamps on the back side. Certificate is signed by the Secretary, A. K. Tichenor, and President, Henry F. Fortmann; embossed seal of the Alaska Packers Association; and the 5.25 x 9.75 inch certificate was printed by the Schmidt Litho Co., San Francisco.
There are two vertical fold lines, otherwise, the stock certificate is in VG+ to Near Fine condition. [20-M/F]
The Alaska Packers Association was founded in San Francisco in 1891 and incorporated in 1892 after a year of successfully selling a surplus of canned salmon. Henry Frederick Fortmann (1856-1946), who was born in San Francisco, served as the Association’s president from 1892 until 1922, and remained on the board for several years after. The secretary who signed this certificate, A. K. Tichenor, was later named a president of the Association. W. G. Fortmann, who received the transfer of the certificate from Anna Fortmann, was a successful insurance man in Portland, Oregon.
The Alaska Packers Association quickly became the largest salmon packing / cannery operation in Alaska, and remained a successful company until post-World War II when a number of circumstances, including lower salmon runs, reduced its net returns. An interesting side note is that the Association, along with several other companies, in the early part of the 20th century, banded together to form a group that dealt in the canning and marketing of vegetables and fruit – which became known as Del Monte.
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