Frederick Pabst Signs Beer Brewing Company Stock

Book Description

Jacob Best was among the first brewers in Milwaukee, building a plant in 1844. His son Phillip rose to control the Philip Best Brewing Company brewery by 1860 and, retiring in 1864, left it to his son-in-laws, Emil Schandein and Fred Pabst. With Fred heading the company, eventually renamed the Pabst Brewing Company, it rose to become the largest brewery in the world by 1900. <P> Signed stock. 1pp. 12" x 7". April 13, 1874. Milwaukee. A <B>Phillip Best Brewing Company</B> stock certificate signed <I>"<B>Fred Pabst</B>"</I> as President on the front, and <I>"<B>Henry Best</B>"</I> on the verso. It gives Henry Best, a son of Phillip Best, one share. There is a receipt glued to the left margin. The stock is pen cancelled, but does not touch Pabst's large signature. The right margin is trimmed, and the overall condition is fine

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