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Boston & Albany Railway Post Office Owney tag
Object Details
- Description
- There is no information on when Owney received this tag, but it came from his friends in the Railway Mail Service. The tag notes that it was given by clerks of the Boston & Albany railway line, specifically those working in the Railway Post Office trains #5 and #12. The phrase “Always welcome on the no longer gilt edge” may be a reference to the usually reliably profitable Boston & Albany enduring a bad year.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1888-1897
- Object number
- 0.052985.138
- Honoree
- Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897
- Type
- Seals, Symbols & Signage
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 2 × 2 in. (5.08 × 5.08 cm)
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Popular Culture
- Record ID
- npm_0.052985.138
- Usage
- CC0
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