Quaker Oats Company - New Jersey 1986

Beautiful uncancelled certificate from the Quaker Oats Company issued in 1986. This historic document was printed by American Banknote Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of the company logo and an allegorical woman holding a globe. This item has the signatures of the Company's President and Treasurer and is over 21 years old. Minor folds from original mailing.


Certificate Vignette


Certificate Vignette

The Quaker Oats Company is an American food conglomerate based in Chicago. Quaker Oats was founded in 1901 by the merger of four oat mills:

The Quaker Mill Company of Ravenna, Ohio, which held the trademark on the Quaker name;

A cereal mill in Cedar Rapids, Iowa owned by John Stuart, his son Robert Stuart, and their partner George Douglas;

The German Mills American Oatmeal Company, owned by "The Oatmeal King", Ferdinand Schumacher of Akron, Ohio, of the Quaker Oat Company on

The Rob Lewis & Co. American Oats and Barley Oatmeal Corporation. Formally known as "Good For Breakfast" instant oatmeal mix.

The company expanded into numerous areas, including other breakfast cereals and other food and drink products, and even into non-related fields such as toys. In August 2001, Quaker merged with PepsiCo.

The current logo was painted by Haddon Sundblom in 1957. There is a common misconception that the smiling person featured is Quaker William Penn. The Quaker Oats website in fact asserts that:

The "Quaker man" or "Q.O.G." is not an actual person. His image is that of a man dressed in the Quaker garb, chosen because the Quaker faith projected the values of honesty, [and] integrity

History from Wikipedia and OldCompanyResearch.com (old stock certificate research service).