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Railroad Hotel Owney tag
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Railroad Hotel Owney tag

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

metal (brass)
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CC0 — Public Domain
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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.

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