"Cleaned" tag...follow up on "Tag and V" post of 08-16

PlzBSeated · Aug 22, 2015

Nothing to show for my efforts today. It happens. :tongue3:

So I took CurbDiggerCarl's and Erik in NJ's advice to try and clean the tag I posted on 08-16. Boiled away 16 oz of hydrogen peroxide and vigorously scrubbed the tag with a brass brush. Didn't turn out perfect...but definitely good enough to get an ID.

Tag comes from an opera house as I suspected. C & C Opera House...a little hard to read but at the bottom of the tag "Keeler". This is what excites me. C & C Opera House of Keeler, Michigan. I would never have thought of Keeler as being enough of a cultural center to host an opera house. It barely qualifies as a four corners today. Tag was found about 6 miles from Keeler.

Good luck and HH!

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wheatfinder13 · Aug 22, 2015

Very awesome find! And it turned out really nice

Erik in NJ · Aug 22, 2015

I think it came out great!! Looks like it unfortunately got hit by a plow or lawnmower somewhere along the way, but still a wonderfully historic find--perhaps one of a kind! I have never seen a tag from an opera house before! I believe it says "G & C" and there may be a maker of the tag right above the slot too if you can still see it. Outstanding find and very nice job on the clean up :icon_thumright:

against the wind · Aug 22, 2015

Very nicely done, , Lots of information.
Now was that a valet tag to reclaim your horse with?? lol

Erik in NJ · Aug 22, 2015

against the wind said:
Very nicely done, , Lots of information.
Now was that a valet tag to reclaim your horse with?? lol

Probably the tag needed to valet the fat lady when she was done singing! :laughing7:

PlzBSeated · Aug 23, 2015

Erik in NJ said:
I think it came out great!! Looks like it unfortunately got hit by a plow or lawnmower somewhere along the way, but still a wonderfully historic find--perhaps one of a kind! I have never seen a tag from an opera house before! I believe it says "G & C" and there may be a maker of the tag right above the slot too if you can still see it. Outstanding find and very nice job on the clean up

I thought it might be G & C also, but under close scrutiny...definitely C & C. I am not able to find a maker's mark. May be on the back which is still a little rough.

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