Object Details
- Description
- Owney received this tag from a Michigan state association known as the “Knights of the Grip.” The group, an organization of traveling salesmen, was well known to railway employees, including postal clerks. The suitcase-shaped tag was the symbol of the group. Michigan’s “Knights of the Grip” allowed membership from anyone who “has been employed for the term of a year or more as a traveling man, and not over 50 years of age. In good health, not afflicted with any chronic disease, and not addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, residing or traveling in the State of Michigan.” Aside from the requirements that a member be a traveling “man” the traveling railway mail dog may well have been seen as a fellow knight by the salesmen.
- 1888-1897
- Object number
- 0.052985.136
- Type
- Seals, Symbols & Signage
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 2 x 2 1/2 in. (5.08 x 6.35 cm)
- Place
- Michigan
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Popular Culture
- Record ID
- npm_0.052985.136
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8be0bf37d-bb4e-4bd4-a9c4-e94e9cdaf877
