August Anheuser Busch, Sr.

1914, Kansas. 11 ¾" x 9". Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway stock certificate for twelve shares. Green/Black. Vignette of a locomotive at top center. Issued to Lily Busch, August A. Busch and Charles Negel, trustees, U/w of Adolphus Busch, deceased,” and signed on verso by August Anheuser Busch, Sr. (1865-1934). Brewing magnate who served as president and CEO of Anheuser-Busch from 1913-1934. Perforation and stamp cancellations do not affect August Busch’s signature. Conceived in 1900 by A.E. Stilwell, the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway was the predecessor to the Chihuahua al Pacifico railroad in Mexico. In the wake of a 1912 bankruptcy, the AT & SF acquired the line in 1928, largely in order to gain access to the west Texas old fields.