Waverly, Iowa Owney tag

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Object Details

Honoree

Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897

Description

Owney received this identification token from Grant E. Hirleman in Waverly, Iowa. There is no additional information on the tag to indicate Hirleman’s connection to Owney or when he presented the token to the dog. Hirleman was not a postal employee in Iowa during the 1890s.

Date

1888-1897

Object number

0.052985.460

Type

Seals, Symbols & Signage

Medium

metal

Dimensions

Height x Width: 1 1/16 x 1 5/16 in. (2.7 x 3.33 cm)

Place

Iowa

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/hm836cc3c12-51ad-4e06-8af1-e7f9f2c5574d

Record ID

npm_0.052985.460