{"product_id":"buffalo-brewing-company-stock-certificate-from-1886","title":"Buffalo Brewing Company Stock Certificate from 1888","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is an original unissued stock certificate from Buffalo Brewing Company, incorporated in 1888, printed in black. Features a vignette of a buffalo standing in a prairie landscape with rolling hills, accompanied by decorative wheat stalks and hops. The design features a detailed border.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis certificate was never issued, all fill-in lines remain blank, and it retains the crispness of an undelivered document. Shows age toning and minor edge wear consistent with its 138-year history, adding character to this piece from the early days of California brewing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1886, Sacramento was emerging as a brewing center in the rapidly growing Golden State, with new breweries launching to serve California's booming population following the Gold Rush and railroad expansion. During that time, it was one of the largest brewery operations west of the Mississippi. Buffalo Brewing Company chose powerful frontier imagery for their stock certificate: the American buffalo represented strength and the untamed West that California embodied in the 1880s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe company joined dozens of regional breweries that sprang up across California during this decade, as German-American brewers brought their expertise to cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Sacramento. In 1897, the company merged with Sacramento’s City Brewery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrewing industry certificates from the Gilded Age remain popular with scripophily collectors, particularly those featuring distinctive American imagery like the buffalo vignette. Offered as a collectible.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ticker History","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52504355569951,"sku":"INDU-BB-SU-BLK-190X-001","price":99.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/8757\/1743\/files\/buffalo-brewing-company-stock-certificate-1886-front-1.jpg?v=1777745947","url":"https:\/\/shop.tickerhistory.com\/zh\/products\/buffalo-brewing-company-stock-certificate-from-1886","provider":"Ticker History","version":"1.0","type":"link"}