Very Rare Working Proof from CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL
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Product Details
Company
Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Certificate Type
Working Proof of one the company's Registered Bonds
Time Period
1990's
Printer
American Bank Note Company
Format & Approximate Size
This proof is housed in a traditional 12" x 8 1/2" cardboard folder. The proof is protected by a "flip up" clear protective/editing layer and is adhered to the folder itself.
Images
You will receive the exact proof pictured as it is the only one of it's kind. The first image shows the full flip up folder with the proof at the bottom with the protective plastic editing layer atop the piece. The second image shows the proof with the editing layer flipped up and out of the way.
Guaranteed Authentic
Yes
Additional Details
Historic document dating back to the 1990's from this fruit industry giant.
Chiquita Brands International's history began in 1870, when a ship's captain, named Lorenzo Dow Baker, purchased 160 bunches of bananas in Jamaica, and resold them in Jersey City, eleven days later. In 1873, Central American railroad developer Minor C. Keith began to experiment with banana production in Costa Rica. Later, he planted bananas alongside a Costa Rican railroad track to provide revenue for the railroad. In 1878, Baker partnered with Andrew Preston to form the Boston Fruit Company.
United Fruit Company was founded in 1899, when the Boston Fruit Company and various fruit exporting concerns controlled by Keith merged. In 1903, United Fruit Company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange and became the first company to use refrigeration during open sea transport.
The company would eventually become Chiquita Brands International in 1990 - some 40 years after they introduced the famous banana brand.
Additional Information
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