1922 Pabst Corporation PROHIBITION ERA Stock Certificate SIGNED by FRED PABST JR

Description: - RARE Pabst Corporation PROHIBITION ERA Stock Certificate -- SIGNED by FRED PABST Jr. as Pabst Company PRESIDENT -- Issued to and SIGNED by TREASURER Hugo Kuechenmeister - RARE, Pabst Corporation Stock Certificate from the PROHIBITION ERA (1920 – 1933) authentically SIGNED by Fred Pabst Jr. as Company PRESIDENT. The FRONT of the stock is additionally SIGNED by Edward Loebl, as Company SECRETARY. The STOCK CERTIFICATE is dated December 1st 1922 and was issued to Pabst TREASURER Hugo Kuechenmeister as the owner of 25 shares of stock in the Pabst Corporation. The BACKSIDE of the stock is SIGNED by Hugo Kuechenmeister, as the SELLER of the 25 shares, on November 5th 1924. The Pabst Corp SECRETARY, Edward Loebl, has SIGNED his name just to the left of Hugo Kuechenmeister’s signature, as a witness to the transfer of the shares. There is a 50 cent U. S. DOCUMENTARY STAMP on the backside as well. On the front of the stock, in the lower left corner, is the embossed corporate seal of the Pabst Corporation (Milwaukee, Wisconsin). PABST CORPORATION was organized in December of 1920 as a necessary consequence of the passage of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution – which prohibited “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors” within the United States. As a result, the Pabst Brewing Company was dissolved and two corporations were established in its place – the “Pabst Corporation” and the “Pabst Realty Company”. The “Pabst Corporation” was to facilitate the production and marketing of all non-alcohol operations, while the “Pabst Realty Company” was to manage the former Pabst Brewing Company real estate. With the prospect of repealing prohibition unlikely, Gustave Pabst resigned as President of the Pabst Corporation after only one year to head the realty company. His brother Fred replaced him as President and assumed the unenviable task of leading the former brewery through Prohibition. In 1923, the Pabst Corporation acquired the “Sheboygan Beverage Company” to help continue soft drink and Pablo production. That same year, Fred sold the cheese division of his Pabst Farms to the Pabst Corporation. While the cheese was still made at the Pabst Farms, the cheese was aged in the cellars of the former brewery. The cheese business thrived during Prohibition and was sold in three forms – Pabst wonder process cheese, pasteurized package cheese, and the more successful Pabst-ett (a product similar to Velveeta). Other ventures were tried during Prohibition as well with varying success, including the production of non-alcoholic beer, tonics and malt syrups, and bottled water. By 1932, support for Prohibition had waned and Pabst made preparations to get back into brewing beer. The cheese operations were disbanded in 1933 with the end of Prohibition and sold to the Kraft-Phenix Cheese Company. It was also Pabst Corporation’s good fortune to have purchased the Puritan Malt Extract Company in January of 1930, as two years later it was approached by the Premier Malt Products Company of Illinois with a proposal to merge the two companies. The merger was completed on October 28th 1932 and the new company was called the Premier-Pabst Corporation, with Harris Perlstein chosen President of the combined entities. After the repeal of Prohibition, the demand for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer was tremendous and the Premier-Pabst Corporation was back in the business of making beer. In December of 1938, however, the company name was changed again, back to the Pabst Brewing Company. FREDERICK PABST JR. (1869 – 1958) was the son of Captain Frederick Pabst. He succeeded his brother Gustav as President of the Pabst Corporation. Fred Pabst Jr. established Pabst Farms in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin in 1906 and helped the Pabst Brewing Company diversify into other areas of production such as soft drinks, cheese products, malt syrup, whole milk spread, etc. CONDITION: stock is guaranteed authentic and original (NOT a copy). The stock certificate (including stock book stub) measures about 8 7/8 x 14 ¾ inches in size and is in EXCELLENT original condition. There are two vertical folds and some punch hole / cancellation marks along the bottom of the certificate, which touch a couple letters of PRESIDENT Fred Pabst Jr’s signature. There is a single ½ inch tear along the extreme left border of the attached stock stub. The signatures of Hugo Kuechenmeister and Edward Loebl, on the backside of the certificate, are clean and punch hole free (see SCANS). The signature / autograph of Fred Pabst Jr. is guaranteed authentic, as well as that of Hugo Kuechenmeister. $10 for shipping, postage & INSURANCE. 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End Time: 2024-12-28T14:59:07.000Z

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