Owney tag with entwined letters

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Object Details

Honoree

Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897

Description

This series of entwined letters is unlike any of the other Owney tags. There is no available information to indicate when this tag was presented to Owney, nor what the entwined letters represent.

Date

1888-1897

Object number

0.052985.30

Type

Seals, Symbols & Signage

Medium

metal

Dimensions

Height x Width: 1 3/8 x 1 3/4 in. (3.49 x 4.45 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/hm869aaf20b-006c-480f-b46a-f92a69d8ae27

Record ID

npm_0.052985.30