Brass Tag

[sscindercoop]

Any info would be great thanks

 

[traderoftreasures]

probably luggage tag from old steamer train 1837
Tonawanda Railroad opens, connecting Rochester with Tonawanda to the west. First three locomotives brought to Rochester by canal.

 

[Bramblefind]

I found records of the "Steamer Rochester" from the 1830s to a boat that was sunk off the Irish coast in 1917 by German torpedoes. Here is a circa early 1900s postcard-

 

[sscindercoop]

I found records of the "Steamer Rochester" from the 1830s to a boat that was sunk off the Irish coast in 1917 by German torpedoes. Here is a circa early 1900s postcard-

I found something similar, I wonder what the tag is from? luggage, chest? http://cgi.ebay.com/1918-ad-america...523?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45f286cf0b

 

[daroofa]

I see you guys are running into the same thing I did. Records and newspaper accounts say it was sunk in 1917, while there are ads showing it still cruising in 1918.

 

[Bramblefind]

I wonder if it might have been attached to a cabin key -like this