Honoree:

Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897  Search this

Medium:

metal

Dimensions:

Height x Width: 1 3/16 × 1 3/16 in. (3.02 × 3.02 cm)

Type:

Seals, Symbols & Signage

Place:

United States of America

Date:

1888-1897

Description:

Owney received this railway bag check token while traveling on a local line of the Chicago, Santa Fe, and California Railroad. There is no additional information to indicate when or where the token was given to the dog. Like several other tokens presented to the dog, it was created by William W. Wilcox’s manufacturing company of Chicago, Illinois.

Object number:

0.052985.470

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8b1550925-158e-40b5-b9e5-548fd6c0e264

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_0.052985.470