Muncie, Indiana tag

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Object Details

Description

The tag is marked with the number 11, which may have been the identification number of the carrier’s own badge. This tag was created by the G.J. Mayer Company of Indianapolis, Indiana.

Credit line

Transfer from the Post Office Department

Date

1890s

Object number

0.052985.8

Type

Mail Processing Equipment

Medium

metal

Dimensions

Height x Width x Depth: 2 × 1 3/4 × 1/8 in. (5.08 × 4.45 × 0.32 cm)

Place

Indiana

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National Postal Museum Collection

On View

Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

The Gilded Age (1877-1920)

Postal Employees

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm85784c03b-5bb1-41d7-a9fd-0affbc91274e

Record ID

npm_0.052985.8