Standard International Corp. - Specimen Stock Certificate

Specimen Stock printed by Security-Columbian Banknote Company. Lestoil is a registered trade name of Clorox for a heavy-duty multipurpose cleanser product, used to remove extremely difficult laundry stains, dissolve water-based and oil-based paints, and clean grease, oil, paint, and adhesives from floors and surfaces. It was introduced as a dry cleaning fluid for laundry in 1933. As a company, Lestoil, also known as the Adell Chemical Company, also made Bon Ami, from 1964 until 1971. Harvard graduate Jacob L. Barowsky worked at the General Cleaners and Dyers in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Barowsky sold the company in 1960 for $12 million to Standard International Corp. They sold it to the Noxell Company in 1969, which became a subsidiary of Procter & Gamble Company in 1989. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lestoil