H.B. Sackett Owney tag

1893

Owney received this identification tag from H. B. Sackett, who identifies himself on the back of the tag as a US mail driver for the “P.O.D.” (Post Office Department). The tag is dated 1893. Sackett lists his home on 38 North 7th Street, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The city, on the Iowa/Nebraska border, had several railway lines running through it. Among those lines were the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific; the Omaha & St. Louis; and the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul.