Minneapolis Industrial Exposition Owney tag

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Object Details

Honoree

Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897

Description

Owney received this souvenir token from supporters of the Minneapolis Industrial Exposition. The exposition ran for six weeks in 1886 (two years before Owney’s journeys began) and was located in a large, six-story structure that was built at the cost of one-third of a million dollars.

Date

1888-1897

Object number

0.052985.371

Type

Seals, Symbols & Signage

Medium

metal

Dimensions

Height x Width: 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (3.81 × 3.81 cm)

Place

United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Popular Culture

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8906bac4d-680c-4aaa-bab4-fbba15b1918e

Record ID

npm_0.052985.371