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Blanchester, Ohio Owney tag
Object Details
- Description
- Owney received this trade check token from Wilson & Swing’s Billiard Hall in Blanchester, Ohio. The token was good for “5-cents at the bar.” There is no indication on the tag when it was given to the dog. Owney may have traveled to the town on the Baltimore & Ohio Southwest railroad, or the Cincinnati, Washington, and Baltimore Railroad.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1888-1897
- Object number
- 0.052985.443
- Honoree
- Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897
- Type
- Seals, Symbols & Signage
- Medium
- metal (brass)
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 7/8 × 7/8 in. (2.22 × 2.22 cm)
- Place
- Ohio
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Record ID
- npm_0.052985.443
- Usage
- CC0
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