Fort Sheridan Distilling Company stock certificate c1935 (Illinois)

Uncommon Chicago area distiller. Great top vignette of an American Bald Eagle with wings spread and holding a shield. Very nice underprint in gold lettering "SHARES $100 EACH". Unissued and not cancelled. Circa 1935 from company history. Measures approximately 10.5 x 8 inches with stub.

Uncommon alcohol stock from post Prohibition era circa 1935 from newspaper mention. The legalization of alcohol consumption after the Prohibition spurred a short-lived boom in brewing and distilling but cut short by the Great Depression.

About Fort Sheridan Illinois:

intended to be a permanent military post to keep the peace and ensure that labor skirmishes would not disrupt the city’s activities. General Philip H. Sheridan, the great Union Civil War military leader, was assigned to command an army division from Missouri at the site. The development of Fort Sheridan in the late 1880’s became intertwined with the social and cultural history of Chicago.

In the decades of 1870 and 1880, the City of Chicago suffered from labor unrest that climaxed in the infamous Haymarket Riots of May 1886. U.S. troops were employed to quell the uprisings. Finally in 1886, Marshall Field, a prominent Chicago entrepreneur, led a petition by area businessman to the Secretary of War to set aside area land for a military installation. The Fort Sheridan area was selected as the 632 acre site and plans were put together for Fort Sheridan’s development.

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