Stude's Coffee Parlor Houston Owney tag
Object Details
- Honoree
- Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897
- Description
- This is one of two tokens Owney received from Alphonse Stude’s Houston, Texas, bakery. Stude, a prominent Houston businessman and city booster, recognized the advertising potential of the traveling dog. Usually Owney’s arrival to a town was heralded in the local newspaper and the articles about his welcome often listed the tokens he was wearing. This token, which could be used in trade for a cup of coffee, is known as a trade check. These tokens were used much as coupons are today, offered by merchants as a lure to increase customers’ purchases.
- 1888-1897
- Object number
- 0.052985.37
- Type
- Seals, Symbols & Signage
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 1 × 1 in. (2.54 × 2.54 cm)
- Place
- Texas
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- The Gilded Age (1877-1920)
- Popular Culture
- Record ID
- npm_0.052985.37
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm85860851a-a872-49e4-8142-79321ba895a1
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