Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad Owney tag
National Postal Museum

Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad Owney tag

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

metal
National Postal Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
National Postal Museum

Owney received this railway baggage check token while riding on the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad. The token shows that it would have been used for baggage originating in Washington, D.C. The tag was manufactured by Edmund Hoole’s Manufacturing Company of New York City.

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