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Des Moines, Iowa Owney tag
Object Details
- Description
- The back side of this medal has an image of a building identified as the Iowa State Capital and seems to indicate the building’s price tag, $3,000,000.00. The front side of the medal has the image of a bearded man with the notations “Des Moines” and "September 2-3-4-5 1890.” There is no available information to indicate who presented this tag to Owney.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- September 2-5, 1890
- Object number
- 0.052985.177
- Type
- Seals, Symbols & Signage
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 1 3/8 × 1 3/8 in. (3.49 × 3.49 cm)
- Place
- Iowa
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- The Gilded Age (1877-1920)
- Popular Culture
- Record ID
- npm_0.052985.177
- Usage
- CC0
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