Owney tag
Object Details
- Description
- There is no definitive information that indicates where or when Owney received this token. The names G. Grafton and H. McGowan do not appear in the same post office together in any of the US registers of the Post Office Department during the 1890s.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1888-1897
- Object number
- 0.052985.77
- Honoree
- Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897
- Type
- Seals, Symbols & Signage
- Medium
- metal (brass)
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 1 x 2 1/8 in. (2.54 x 5.4 cm)
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- Popular Culture
- Record ID
- npm_0.052985.77
- Usage
- CC0
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