Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad Owney tag
Object Details
- Description
- Owney received this railway baggage check token while riding on the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad. The token shows that it would have been used for baggage originating in Washington, D.C. The tag was manufactured by Edmund Hoole’s Manufacturing Company of New York City.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1888-1897
- Object number
- 0.052985.245
- Honoree
- Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897
- Type
- Seals, Symbols & Signage
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (3.81 × 3.81 cm)
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- Popular Culture
- Record ID
- npm_0.052985.245
