Rock Island, Illinois Owney tag
Object Details
- Honoree
- Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897
- Description
- This is one of six metal plates attached to Owney’s collar. He received it from the Rock Island, Illinois railway postal clerks while visiting the city in 1895.
- 1895
- Object number
- 0.052985.489
- Type
- Seals, Symbols & Signage
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 2 5/8 x 1 3/16 in. (6.67 x 3.02 cm)
- Place
- Illinois
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- National Postal Museum
- Record ID
- npm_0.052985.489
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm870bb8176-7cbd-413d-b727-309d21e77016
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