Owney tag
Object Details
- Description
- This is one of six metal plates attached to Owney’s collar. He received it while visiting Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1892. The tag includes the number “166.” There is no definitive information available at this time to indicate the purpose of the tag, or who gave it to the dog. Numerous railway lines passed through Pittsburgh during Owney’s lifetime.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1892
- Object number
- 0.052985.491
- Honoree
- Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897
- Type
- Seals, Symbols & Signage
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 2 1/4 x 1 in. (5.72 x 2.54 cm)
- Place
- Pennsylvania
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Record ID
- npm_0.052985.491
