Travelers Preferred Accident Association Owney tag
National Postal Museum

Travelers Preferred Accident Association Owney tag

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

metal
National Postal Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
National Postal Museum

Owney received this token while in Chicago, the most active railway town in the United States. The donor was from the “Travelers Preferred Accident Association,” a well known insurance company of the time. There is no additional information indicating the name of the donor or the date Owney received this token. This style of identification token was often attatched to items, such as keys, that might be lost.

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