Owney tag
Object Details
- Description
- There is not enough information on this token to indicate when or where it was given to Owney. It may be an Egyptian coin, and if so, would have been given to the dog during his around the world adventure in the fall of 1895.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1885
- Object number
- 0.052985.58
- Type
- Seals, Symbols & Signage
- Medium
- metal (copper)
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 1 × 1 in. (2.54 × 2.54 cm)
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- Popular Culture
- The Gilded Age (1877-1920)
- Record ID
- npm_0.052985.58
- Usage
- CC0
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