Waterbury, Connecticut Owney tag
National Postal Museum

Waterbury, Connecticut Owney tag

Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897 · 1888-1897

metal
National Postal Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
National Postal Museum

Owney received this token from the Homes, Booth, and Haydens Company of Waterbury, Connecticut. The company, founded in 1853, was a partnership between Hiram W. Hayden, Israel Holmes, Henry H. and James A. Hayden. The company specialized in copper and brass work, including lamp manufacturing and wire for electrical use. It is not known when someone from that company presented this token to Owney.

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