South Bend, Indiana Owney tag

National Postal Museum

Object Details

Honoree
Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897
Description
Owney received this identification token from Orville S. Cullar, a Railway Mail Service (RMS) clerk. Cullar, born in Indiana, worked on the mail trains between New York, New York and Chicago, Illinois. While not riding the trains, Cullar lived at 1129 S. Lafayette in South Bend, Indiana.
Cullen is one of the few Railway Mail Service clerks whose tags are currently among Owney’s trinkets. The RMS clerks were the postal workers who allowed Owney to ride along in the cars while they were doing their work.
1888-1897
Object number
0.052985.423
Type
Seals, Symbols & Signage
Medium
metal
Dimensions
Height x Width: 1 5/16 x 3/4 in. (3.33 x 1.91 cm)
Place
Indiana
United States of America
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Record ID
npm_0.052985.423
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm80d85878c-bc56-4523-9590-2a92dc08155d
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