International Banana Food Company stock certificate 1906 (Arizona)

Amazing center vignette of a bunch of bananas, Incredible top vignette of a steamship being brought into its pier by tugs with train and horse-drawn carts in the foreground. Issued and cancelled. Small splits outside of the border. Vertical folds from mailing. Dated 1906. 1905 establishment in the seal. Measures approximately 10 x 8 inches.

Very rare and elaborate stock certificate. Only known piece in the collectors market.

Founded 1905 in Chicago but incorporated in Arizona, the International Banana Food Company was established by Henry H. Porter. From advertising, the company did business at least through 1911.

Their product, Bonano, was advertised as a healthy drink that “inspires, calms excited nerves, aids digestion, and, being made from fruit, is corrective”. The company, headquartered in the Stock Exchange building in Chicago, Illinois, manufactured a coffee substitute called "Bonano". This product was marketed as a healthful table drink made from pure, roasted banana flesh, intended to look and taste similar to coffee (see attached ads).

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