Saloon Token

[McCDig]

I dug this token in a Baltimore park and it was barely readable out of the ground. Electrolysis of this brass token removed the crud that had engulfed the letters and details.

The proprietor owner, John F. Mashmeyer was born in Germany in the 1870s. He was naturalized a U.S. citizen in 1899 in Baltimore. The city directories place him at 1619 E. Federal Street as early as 1909 and this is confirmed by the 1910 census record. He registered for the WWI draft. I have been able to locate him in Baltimore census records of 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940. It appears his third marriage was to a Jane Glennan in Atlantic City, NJ June 21, 1929. Jane died in Weems, Va. in 1975 and John Mashmeyer in 1946.

Today there is a corner liquor store at the 1619 E. Federal St address.


As to the age of this token? Earliest date likely is between 1910 and 1920. The 1910 census indicates Mashmeyer and his wife operated a saloon/restaurant from their home at 1619 E. Federal Street.


A peripheral question is "What happened to his wife, Margarete? In 1929 John married Jane Glennan, who in 1920 was single and working as a waitress. Here is the record of their Atlantic City marriage.

 

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[birdman]

Nice token and history

 

[Molewacker]

Good research - Congrats!

 

[jeff of pa]

if this is Him....

it Appears He (29) & Margaret Louisa ? (20)
May have Applied for a Marriage License in 1903


I'm not real good at This Fancy German Lettering

Heiraths ? Heirat = Marriage, Wedding I've never seen the "hs" on the end.
unless it's got to do with Plural
Licenzen is pretty Explanatory .





Der Deutsche correspondent. (Baltimore, Md.), 13 Oct. 1903.





https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/...ext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

 

[JackalopeZL1]

Sweet find Mike, The local history ones like that are some of the best

 

[McCDig]

Pretty fantastic, Jeff! Thanks much. I had no idea that the German immigrant community of Baltimore had their own paper.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Ken. This site also gave up a Lucky Lindbergh token that day but I didn't dig that one.

 

[Rookster]

Nice find and a great job cleaning.

 

[Brendan75]

Hi, nice find and research

 

[Davers]

Nice historical piece.
&
A good cleaning job.

 

[Javadroid]

Very well done on the find, the clean-up, and the research! Congrats on all counts mate!

 

[dirtlooter]

awesome token, awesome clean up and awesome research

 

[Hawks88]

Nice job finding it and an even better job researching it. Congrats on your find and all your work.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the the nice token, thank you for sharing the story!

 

[Mackaydon]

Great research effort and results.
Don......

 

[washingtonian]

Wow, very nice find! I thought it was year 1619 for a moment. Nice find.

 

[McCDig]

Thx Washingtonian!..Yes, I saw the "19" out of the ground and thought 1919; little did I know it is a house number. Surprisingly the building is still standing.

 

[Jamie1993]

Great looking token Mike. The research done on the token is excellent. It's great to put a name and place to a find. Hopefully there is more to be found in the area.

 

[WHADIFIND]

Ya know, finding the find is just one of the pleasures of this hobby. Since they can't tell their own story, that's our job. Trying to uncover "the rest...of the story."

Nice job!