Railroad Tag

[PlzBSeated]

This is a follow up to my post of June 29. I had found some items that needed cleaning to properly identify. Items are as follows...


Love this baggage tag! Indicates Jackson to Kalamazoo Via the Michigan Central Rail Road. And the back indicates Kalamazoo to Jackson. Have found previous RR tags but have not seen one designed to be flipped over for the return trip. Because the maker is shown as W.W. Wilcox & Co instead of just W.W. Wilcox, this dates the tag to 1908 or later according to other threads I have seen. Wish I had thought to take a picture of this as found. Completely caked in concretions and bent in half like a potato chip. Took many hours of soaking, tumbling, and flattening to get to where it is. Not in the best shape but an instant favorite because of the history it represents.



Can only make out the word JUNIOR on the badge. Makes me think it may only have been a toy. Appears to be lead. Awfully robust for a toy.



The token refused to clean up well. It is a Palmolive-Peet token apparently from the late 20s.



I had shown this "medal" in the previous post. Research indicates that it is not a drop medal like I suspected but rather a novelty baggage tag that was available from around 1890-1900.

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[GatorBoy]

Good job following up thanks for the update

 

[treblehunter]

Great stuff, here is a cool site for your baggage tag, I found one too Cape May to Phila/ Phila to Cape May. I love them!

Antique Railroad Baggage Tag Values | Antique Railroad Memorabilia

 

[Helix]

Good finds! The badge is a Junior G-Man badge. It would of said G Man across the bottom. Junior G-Men was a popular children's radio show in the 1930's and 40's. Sort of like Dick Tracy. They gave away these badges to members of the Junior G-men club. Here is a pic of one I found early this year. Looks like someone tried to grind off the words on mine though.

 

[PlzBSeated]

Great stuff, here is a cool site for your baggage tag, I found one too Cape May to Phila/ Phila to Cape May. I love them!

Antique Railroad Baggage Tag Values | Antique Railroad Memorabilia

Thanks for the link!

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[PlzBSeated]

Good finds! The badge is a Junior G-Man badge. It would of said G Man across the bottom. Junior G-Men was a popular children's radio show in the 1930's and 40's. Sort of like Dick Tracy. They gave away these badges to members of the Junior G-men club. Here is a pic of one I found early this year. Looks like someone tried to grind off the words on mine though. View attachment 1020575

Cool. Thanks for the info. I was running into a dead end with what little I had to go on.

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[curbdiggercarl57]

Love the Kalamazoo, most of my relatives are from there.
The shield tag is sweet as well, I've seen them advertised in old Johnson Smith Novelty catalogs, but they were around before
they even started publishing.
Ya dun good!
Carl

 

[vpnavy]

Cleanup looks good! Thanks for sharing...

 

[gilgar]

doesn't look like the eagles match on those badges nor the rest really. I think that's on the right track though, there are several varieties of junior police badges out there on google images and ebay. I think this one is closer to what you have: Vintage Pewter Junior Police Obsolete Badge | eBay

 

[PlzBSeated]

doesn't look like the eagles match on those badges nor the rest really. I think that's on the right track though, there are several varieties of junior police badges out there on google images and ebay. I think this one is closer to what you have: Vintage Pewter Junior Police Obsolete Badge | eBay

Yeah! I would say that's a ringer for what I have. Wish the description had a little more info but probably a generic item widely available. Thanks for the link!

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[PlzBSeated]

Love the Kalamazoo, most of my relatives are from there.
The shield tag is sweet as well, I've seen them advertised in old Johnson Smith Novelty catalogs, but they were around before
they even started publishing.
Ya dun good!
Carl

Hmm. I have relatives in Denver. Be out there in August.

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