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Rock Island, Illinois Owney tag
Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897
This is one of six metal plates attached to Owney’s collar. He received it from the Rock Island, Illinois railway postal clerks while visiting the city in 1895.
- Date
- 1895
- Type
- Seals, Symbols & Signage
- Medium
- metal
- Department
- NPM
- Institution
- National Postal Museum
- Object number
- npm_0.052985.489
- Credit
- Transfer from the Post Office Department