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Gustavus Swift, Jr.

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Gustavus Swift, Jr.
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GUSTAVUS SWIFT, JR. 1938, New York. Stock certificate for 100 shares in the Irving Trust Company. Orange/Black. Engraved vignette of seated female next to state seal flanked by transportation scenes in background. Issued to and signed on verso by GUSTAVUS SWIFT, JR (1881 - 1943); meat packer, vice chairman of the board of Swift & Co. Son of Gustavus Swift Sr., founder of Swift and Co. Upon his father’s death in 1903 he, along with his brothers developed Swift & Co. into a $1 billion a year business. Several small staple holes at upper left. The latter portion of Swift’s signature is smudged. Punch cancelled and very fine.