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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Owney tag
Object Details
- Description
- Owney received this token from the Chief Clerk of the Railway Mail Service office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 25, 1892. At least a half a dozen railway lines could have carried Owney into the city during his travels.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- April 25, 1892
- Object number
- 0.052985.376
- Honoree
- Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897
- Type
- Seals, Symbols & Signage
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 1 x 2 in. (2.54 x 5.08 cm)
- Place
- Pennsylvania
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Popular Culture
- Record ID
- npm_0.052985.376
- Usage
- CC0
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