✅ SOLVED I have this thin brass token made by the American Railway Supply Company, New York. Found on John's Island, South Carolina. Back is blank.

[BillZ]

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

No pictures....

 

[BillZ]

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Additional photo enclosures. Token is inscribed "Pat Wall" and number 8. All assistance is appreciated. Respectfully, Bill

 

[ARC]

American Railway Supply Co.

 

[Red-Coat]

They made all manner of stamped metal items... notably baggage tags.

 

[invent4hir]

Per the HISTORICAL MARKER DATABASE, the marker for 134 Charles Street

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription. The lower two stories of this factory structure were built in 1911-12 to the design of Van Vleck & Goldsmith for the American Railway Supply Co., a brass tags manufacturing firm. The company was located in this building until at least 1945. American Railway was selected in 1932 to supply the "buttons and lapel insignia for employees and badges for motormen, conductors, guards and porters” of New York's subway system. The Partition Servicing Co., manufacturer of metal partitions and metal badge stampers, acquired the building in 1938. The building was converted in 1965 into an art gallery and residence for Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., the automobile heir, who was also a leading art and artifacts collector. At the time of the sale of his $100,000 stamp collection in 1967, the New York Times mentioned that the sale was consummated in a hideaway office Mr. Chrysler maintains in New York.” Chrysler sold the property in 1973 to Alan Greenberg, the owner of an antiques business on Bleecker Street. One of the later owners was the artist Jennifer Bartlett. A third story was added to the structure by architect Victor Caliandro Paid Advertisement in 1989. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=125987

 

[BillZ]

Per the HISTORICAL MARKER DATABASE, the marker for 134 Charles Street

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription. The lower two stories of this factory structure were built in 1911-12 to the design of Van Vleck & Goldsmith for the American Railway Supply Co., a brass tags manufacturing firm. The company was located in this building until at least 1945. American Railway was selected in 1932 to supply the "buttons and lapel insignia for employees and badges for motormen, conductors, guards and porters” of New York's subway system. The Partition Servicing Co., manufacturer of metal partitions and metal badge stampers, acquired the building in 1938. The building was converted in 1965 into an art gallery and residence for Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., the automobile heir, who was also a leading art and artifacts collector. At the time of the sale of his $100,000 stamp collection in 1967, the New York Times mentioned that the sale was consummated in a hideaway office Mr. Chrysler maintains in New York.” Chrysler sold the property in 1973 to Alan Greenberg, the owner of an antiques business on Bleecker Street. One of the later owners was the artist Jennifer Bartlett. A third story was added to the structure by architect Victor Caliandro Paid Advertisement in 1989. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=125987

Thank you for this information. I understand that this was a large company producing many similar items which could be used for baggage ID, tracking, and checking. Or something else entirely.

Thank you, Bill

 

[Bramblefind]

Pat Wall / Patrick Wall (1868 -1932) was a conductor on the Charleston and Western Carolina Railway, but then about 1913, he was said to have a "Truck Farm" in Sheldon, South Carolina.
I wonder if this could be a farm "picker's check"? And since Wall was familiar with the railroad, that could explain why he used this company to make his farm checks.

 

[BillZ]

Pat Wall / Patrick Wall (1868 -1932) was a conductor on the Charleston and Western Carolina Railway, but then about 1913, he was said to have a "Truck Farm" in Sheldon, South Carolina.
I wonder if this could be a farm "picker's check"? And since Wall was familiar with the railroad, that could explain why he used this company to make his farm checks.

I believe that Bramblefind solved the problem. Thank you. Solid reasoning plus I have learned what farm picker's checks were. Thanks also to invent4hir for the information on the manufacturer.

Respectfully, Bill