Pickwick Corporation

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The Pickwick Corporation, based in Los Angeles, was a major operator of bus services (under the Pickwick Greyhound moniker) in the United States and Mexico in the 1920s. It also built buses, ran hotel in Kansas City and San Francisco (Pickwick Hotel), and had a radio subsidiary (which ran KGB in San Diego and KTM in Santa Monica). In 1928 it started an aviation subsidiary, which acquired contracts and properties of Latin America Air Transport Company of Mexico City, for $3 million. It operated passenger and mail services in California, Mexico and Central America, and was based at the Glendale Air Terminal (California).


Certificate: Common Stock, issued in the 1920’s

Printer: Jeffries Lithograph Company, Los Angeles

Dimensions: 8” (h) x 12” (w)

State: CA-California

Subject Matter: Trolley and Rapid Transit | Bus and Taxi Companies | Hotels and Motels | Sports and Entertainment | Commercial Airlines

Vignette Topic(s): Government Seal Featured | State Seal Featured | California State Seal | Animal Featured | Bear Featured

Condition: Vertical fold lines, no cancels, and some toning and edge faults from age.