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The Kansas City, Mexico And Orient Railway Issued To Wm. A. Proctor And Signed On Verso By Wm. Coo

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The Kansas City, Mexico And Orient Railway  Issued To Wm. A. Proctor And  Signed On Verso By Wm. Coo
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1906, Kansas. Stock certificate for two hundred shares. Green / Black. Vignette of a train at top center. Issued to WILLIAM A. PROCTOR. Son of Proctor and Gamble’s co-founder, William Proctor. Signed on verso by WILLIAM C. PROCTOR (1862-1934) Manufacturer and philanthropist. The grandson of Proctor and Gamble’s co-founder, William Cooper Proctor changed the manner of distribution and marketing of the company products, creating one of the largest corporations in the country. Perforation cancellation do not affect W.C. Proctor’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.