Saloon Token

[HighTone]

Did a small yard last week and dug a cool old Saloon Token. Some research and found it to be 1904..Love the local tokens

 

[groundsmn]

The token does not have saloon on it. Therefore in most collectors minds it is not considered a saloon token. More or less just an old Ohio token.

 

[idahotokens]

Lipscomb's OH book indeed shows H. Flynn in Woodsfield as "saloon 1904" but the author did not quote a source for his information. It probably was a Dun or Bradstreet business directory. Neither the 1900 nor 1910 Censuses shows him, so I would imagine that he was in that town for a fairly short time. Finding any more information on him and his business is probably going to take some effort at a local library or historical society, since the necessary resources don't seem to be on line (yet).
John in the Great 208

 

[7creeks]

This is a scan of a scan of a clip from a county newspaper showing the Flynn Saloon. One of these days I will scan the original. This is from 1906 and states that his business[FONT=tahoma,sans-serif][/FONT] started in 1902. Not sure why he is not showing up in the Censuses. Flynn families still live in the area. I will have to look in my original copies of the Censuses I have.

 

[HighTone]

Thanks bro you da man.

 

[idahotokens]

Nice reference, 7

I looked again at the Censuses using the name Hugh, but still can't find him. Of course, a lot of these Pre-Prohibition saloon operators, and probably even more of them during Prohibition, wanted little to do with the Feds under any circumstances...

John in the Great 28

 

[PikesPeakCharlie]

Congrats on a sweet tok !! wish it had actually said "Saloon" for ya , If I found it I would still be happy