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Guichon Hotel Owney tag
Object Details
- Description
- Owney received this hotel key check token while on a trip into Canada. The token would have been used to identify the key to room #32 at the Guichon Hotel in North Westminster, British Columbia, now a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia. The dog probably arrived in town along the Canadian Pacific Railway in the early 1890s.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- c. 1890
- Object number
- 0.052985.74
- Associated Organization
- Guichon Hotel
- Honoree
- Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897
- Type
- Seals, Symbols & Signage
- Medium
- metal (brass)
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 4 13/16 x 3 1/2 in. (12.22 x 8.89 cm)
- Place
- British Columbia & Vancouver Island (British colony; Canadian pr
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- Popular Culture
- Record ID
- npm_0.052985.74
- Usage
- CC0
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