Nashville, Tennessee Owney tag

National Postal Museum

Object Details

Description
C.C. Hughes, a Railway Mail Service employee from Nashville, Tennessee, gave this rectangular metal tag to Owney. There is no available information to indicate when this tag was presented to Owney.
1888-1897
Object number
0.052985.178
Type
Seals, Symbols & Signage
Medium
metal
Dimensions
Height x Width x Depth: 1 x 2 1/2 x 1/8 in. (2.54 x 6.35 x 0.32 cm)
Place
Tennessee
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Topic
Popular Culture
Record ID
npm_0.052985.178
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm82f950ac9-6d3f-4736-9887-bd73a0e1db1b
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