ORIGINAL 1874 ENGRAVED STOCK CERTIFICATE – Shares in SANTA BARBARA COLLEGE, RARE

SANTA BARBARA COLLEGE STOCK CERTIFICATE. Original 1874 Engraved Stock Certificate For Shares in Santa Barbara College.
Santa Barbara, California: Santa Barbara College, 1874. Measuring 10 inches long by 5 inches tall, this engraved and decorated piece is printed in red and black. it bears the circular blndstamp of the school which depicts in relief the school’s main building. The stock certificate is made out to G. P. Tebbets in the amount of twenty shares at twenty dollars each. The issuing signature as president is Ellwood Cooper. Cooper was an early pioneer of Santa Barbara and a world renowned horticulturist. He grew eucalyptus, olives, almonds, grapes and walnuts. He was among the the first to manufacture olive oil in mass production as well as having written several books on horticulture. The 1993 publication entitled Noticias published by the Quarterly Magazine of the Santa Barbara Historical Museum (Summer 1993), available on line. is devoted solely to him. In addition to being president of the college, he was on the Board of Directors and the president of the State Board of Horticulture. A rare and early piece of Santa Barbara history and local higher education.