{"product_id":"standard-oil-company-stock-certificate-from-1922","title":"Standard Oil Company Kentucky Stock Certificate from 1922","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is an original stock certificate from Standard Oil Company, incorporated in Kentucky, dated 1922 (pre-crash!), printed in blue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeatures a vignette of an allegorical female figure in flowing robes holding a torch, with industrial equipment visible in the background.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCancelled with multiple rows of punch holes spelling 'CANCELLED' across the face of the certificate. Shows minor age toning consistent with its century of age. Offered as a collectible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1922, eleven years had passed since the Supreme Court's thunderbolt dissolution of Standard Oil, yet the Rockefeller legacy machinery still churned. \u003cstrong\u003eJohn D. Rockefeller\u003c\/strong\u003e had built Standard Oil from a Cleveland refinery in 1870 into the most powerful monopoly in American history, controlling 90% of the nation's oil refining and distribution by the 1880s. His trust owned pipelines, tank cars, refineries, and retail outlets from coast to coast, becoming the template for modern corporate integration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the Supreme Court ordered its breakup in 1911 under the Sherman Antitrust Act, Standard Oil fractured into 34 companies including what would become Exxon, Mobil, Chevron, and Amoco. Yet even in pieces, the Rockefeller empire remained formidable: by 1922, many of these successor companies were thriving independently, and \u003cstrong\u003eRockefeller\u003c\/strong\u003e himself had become America's first billionaire from his retained shareholdings in the fragments of his former empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStock certificates from Standard Oil represent one of the most recognizable names in American industrial history, prized by collectors for their connection to both the Gilded Age's greatest fortune and the landmark antitrust case that reshaped corporate America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ticker History","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52563690029343,"sku":"OIL-SOIL-SU-BLU-1922-001","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/8757\/1743\/files\/standard-oil-company-stock-certificate-front-1-c35dc4.jpg?v=1779544110","url":"https:\/\/shop.tickerhistory.com\/products\/standard-oil-company-stock-certificate-from-1922","provider":"Ticker History","version":"1.0","type":"link"}