On View
Taking the Stage Gallery
Exhibition
Taking the Stage
Distributed by
BET Holdings, Inc., American, founded 1980
Subject of
Black Entertainment Television, American, founded 1980
Date
1991
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 8 × 12 in. (20.3 × 30.5 cm)
Description
Specimen stock certificate for BET Holdings, Inc. The stock certificate has a blue patterned border with a black and white illustration at the top center of an African American man and woman sitting in front of a computer. Black type directly below the illustration reads “BET HOLDINGS, INC. / INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE.” Stamped at the center of the certificate in red ink is “SPECIMEN.” The back of the stock certificate is a legal form with blank lines unfilled throughout.
Classification
Documents and Manuscripts
Type
stock certificates
Topic
Business
Television
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2014.53.1
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5bef4ee9d-9f43-454e-a813-701cca9493d8

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