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GEORGE D. WIDENER

1896, West Virginia. Stock certificate for 100 shares. Green/Black. Multi-vignetted certificate with eagle at top, dog head at bottom and standing lady liberty at left above portrait of George Washington and West Virginia State seal below. Issued to George D. Widener and signed on verso. GEORGE D. WIDENER (died 1912). Remained aboard the sinking Titanic after placing his wife, Eleanore aboard a lifeboat. His surviving wife would later fund the Harry Elkins Widener Library in honor of their son who also went down on the titanic. Some dampstaining at bottom. Hole punch cancellations not affecting Widener's signature