Metal Tag

[Ty18769]

Any idea of the purpose of this metal tag I found? It has a lot of info but I don't know what it would have went on.

Meredosia, IL <---town name
Blue Valley Creamery
Wabash Express <------old railroad that used to pass through this town.


Also found this information on an ancestry site. Pretty neat.

Name: Charles A Holscher
Age: 40 years
Estimated birth year: 1879
Birthplace: Illinois
Race: White
Home in 1920: Meredosia, Morgan, Illinois
Occupation: Farmer

 

[DrGrip]

I'm guessing it's a tag off of an old milk can used for transporting raw milk. Cool find and collectible to some.

Grip

 

[Murky]

not sure what it is, But it is pretty neat