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Boston, Massachusetts Owney tag
Object Details
- Description
- Owney received this business identification token from the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company of Boston, Massachusetts. The company, which is still in business today, offered a $1.00 reward for the return of any item to which the tag would have been attached. Owney made several trips to Boston and the city’s postal workers often gave him the run of the city during his visits.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1888-1897
- Object number
- 0.052985.420
- Honoree
- Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897
- Type
- Seals, Symbols & Signage
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 1 1/4 x 1 1/16 in. (3.18 x 2.7 cm)
- Place
- Massachusetts
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Record ID
- npm_0.052985.420
- Usage
- CC0
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