Howard Young Owney tag

Independent Order of Odd Fellows · 1888-1897

Owney received this identification tag from Howard Young of St. Paul, Minnesota. Young worked as a brakeman for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, & Omaha railway. The tag is also inscribed “F.L.T.,” or Friendship, Love and Truth, a signifier of the fraternal organization known as the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. There is no information on the tag to indicate when Owney may have received it.