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Chillicothe, Ohio Owney tag
Object Details
- Description
- Owney received this token from Henry Merkle, who owned a restaurant and saloon near the Chillicothe, Ohio railroad. Owney may have traveled to Chillicothe aboard the Scioto Valley, Dayton & Ironton, or the Cincinnati, Washington & Baltimore Railroad. One of Henry Merkle’s sons, Glenmore Merkle, served as a bartender at the family saloon and later operated a liquor store and offered trade check tokens for five cents off goods.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1888-1897
- Object number
- 0.052985.240
- Honoree
- Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897
- Type
- Seals, Symbols & Signage
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 1 3/8 × 1 3/8 in. (3.49 × 3.49 cm)
- Place
- Ohio
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Popular Culture
- Record ID
- npm_0.052985.240
- Usage
- CC0
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