Smith Brothers Cough Drop Co. Inc. - Autograph Stock Certificate

Inv# AU1299 Stock

State(s): Delaware

Years: 1937

Color: Orange or Blue

Stock issued to Dorothy R Smith and signed by William W. Smith and Robert L. Smith. The Candy Cough drop was invented by James Smith in 1852. The business was taken over by his two sons William and Andrew after his death and was renamed Smith Brothers Cough Drops. To prevent imitators their boxes featured a pictured logo of the two brothers. Available unissued under GS6242. Please specify color.

The Smith Brothers were makers of the first cough drops produced and advertised in the United States, becoming one of the most famous brands in the country in its day.

Timeline

1830 Birth of William Wallace Smith I
1831 Emigration of Smith family from Scotland to Canada
1836 Birth of Andrew Smith
1847 Emigration from Canada to Poughkeepsie, New York
1852 Cough drops advertised in newspapers
1866 Death of James Smith
1870 Trademark bill defeated
1872 Prepackaged cough drops introduced
1876 Trademarks recognized
1877 Smith Brothers trademark registered
1888 William Wallace Smith II born
1891 Birth of Robert Lansing Smith
1894 Death of Andrew Smith
1913 Death of William Wallace Smith I
1922 Menthol drops introduced
1926 Cough syrup introduced
1936 Death of Arthur G. Smith
1948 Wild cherry drops introduced
1955 Death of William Wallace Smith II
1962 Death of Robert Lansing Smith
1964 Brand is sold to Warner-Lambert
1977 Manufacturing moved to Chicago, Illinois
2016 The Smith Brothers brand is acquired by Lanes Brands, the United States subsidiary of Lanes Health in Gloucester, United Kingdom
2017 Lane Brands, New Hampshire subsidiary, brings the Smith Brothers Cough Drops line back to retail shelves
2021 BT Remedies LLC appointed as the exclusive marketer of Smith Brothers

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Condition: Excellent

A stock certificate is issued by businesses, usually companies. A stock is part of the permanent finance of a business. Normally, they are never repaid, and the investor can recover his/her money only by selling to another investor. Most stocks, or also called shares, earn dividends, at the business's discretion, depending on how well it has traded. A stockholder or shareholder is a part-owner of the business that issued the stock certificates.

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