South Bend, Indiana Owney tag

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Object Details

Honoree

Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897

Description

Owney received this identification token from Orville S. Cullar, a Railway Mail Service (RMS) clerk. Cullar, born in Indiana, worked on the mail trains between New York, New York and Chicago, Illinois. While not riding the trains, Cullar lived at 1129 S. Lafayette in South Bend, Indiana.

Cullen is one of the few Railway Mail Service clerks whose tags are currently among Owney’s trinkets. The RMS clerks were the postal workers who allowed Owney to ride along in the cars while they were doing their work.

Date

1888-1897

Object number

0.052985.423

Type

Seals, Symbols & Signage

Medium

metal

Dimensions

Height x Width: 1 5/16 x 3/4 in. (3.33 x 1.91 cm)

Place

Indiana

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/hm80d85878c-bc56-4523-9590-2a92dc08155d

Record ID

npm_0.052985.423