Railroad Hotel Owney tag

National Postal Museum

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.
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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Topic
The Gilded Age (1877-1920)
Popular Culture
Record ID
npm_0.052985.18
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8eda08953-2694-4a1c-b13f-bd1e1faa5cad

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