Boston Owney tag

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Object Details

Honoree

Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897

Description

Owney received this identification token from an Irish immigrant, Michael Falvey. Falvey was working as a city letter carrier in Boston, Massachusetts. There is no additional information to indicate when Falvey gave this token to Owney.

Date

1888-1897

Object number

0.052985.424

Type

Seals, Symbols & Signage

Medium

metal

Dimensions

Height x Width: 1 3/16 x 1 in. (3.02 x 2.54 cm)

Place

Massachusetts

United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8cda497c2-57b5-42f3-8446-6350fa742805

Record ID

npm_0.052985.424