Railroad Hotel Owney tag

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Object Details

Honoree

Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897

Description

Owney received this creatively shaped hotel room key token for room #33 during a stop along the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad line at Van Horne, Iowa. The token has no date, Owney traveled through Iowa several times during his travels, and it could have been given to him anytime between 1888 and 1897.

Date

1888-1897

Object number

0.052985.18

Type

Seals, Symbols & Signage

Medium

metal (brass)

Dimensions

Height x Width x Depth: 3 3/4 × 2 9/16 × 1/16 in. (9.53 × 6.51 × 0.16 cm)

Place

Iowa

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Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

The Gilded Age (1877-1920)

Popular Culture

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8eda08953-2694-4a1c-b13f-bd1e1faa5cad

Record ID

npm_0.052985.18