Cheyenne, Wyoming Owney tag

National Postal Museum

Object Details

Honoree
Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897
Description
Owney received this token from the Wyoming Tribune, a Cheyenne newspaper. It is unclear when Owney received this tag. Owney may have arrived in town by one of the railways that service Cheyenne, including the Union Pacific line or Burlington & Missouri River Railroad.
1888-1897
Object number
0.052985.372
Type
Seals, Symbols & Signage
Medium
metal (brass)
Dimensions
Height x Width: 15/16 × 15/16 in. (2.38 × 2.38 cm)
Place
Wyoming
See more items in
National Postal Museum Collection
National Postal Museum
Topic
Popular Culture
Record ID
npm_0.052985.372
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm87e582bd0-34fd-4ace-a382-caa1d3502789
This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Open Access page.
International media Interoperability Framework
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.
View manifest View in Mirador Viewer