WW1 dag tag?

[thrillathahunt]

I dug this at a 1905 house today. It looks like a dog tag, but if it is it is not ww2 or later. Could be some other kind of identification tag though. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[GaRebel1861]

Just my opinion, but I think it is a metal label very similar to a dog tag that was made to be put on a key chain so if the owner lost the keys they could be returned. Dog tags do not have addresses on them or at least none that I've ever seen have. I doubt Mrs. L. Ferguson ever served in the military. But if I'm wrong & you bump into her please let me know. -- Anything personalized is always a cool find and yours is!

 

[Mackaydon]

Correct, that isn't a 'dog tag' though some do come with addresses (of the contact person 'in the event.....')
You might send a letter mentioning your find to that address (marked "occupant") and see what happens.
Don........

 

[GaRebel1861]

Correct, that isn't a 'dog tag' though some do come with addresses (of the contact person 'in the event.....')
You might send a letter mentioning your find to that address (marked "occupant") and see what happens.

Don........

Not a bad idea. It could lead to a good story! Good luck.

 

[Breezie]

Here's a pic from Google maps for
10445 Lincoln Drive
Huntington Woods, MI



Judging by the age of the house, Mrs. L. Ferguson or her family may still live there. Neat find, Breezie

 

[paratrooper]

In the "old days" magazines would make up such a "tag" to address a magazine every month or week. It was a faster way than putting a label on it.

 

[Chisos]

Another possibility is a label for an old steamer trunk.

 

[thrillathahunt]

Thanks for all the comments folks. I'm going with metal address label of some sort. What threw me though is the letter "A" after Michigan.

 

[suvoth]

I did a search through all of the 1940 census for Huntington Woods, MI. The only name similar, and probable to Ferguson is "Fergurson" James, E and his family, wife Ruth and daughter Margaret. Now, they lived on Hendrie St WHICH happens to cross with Lincoln Dr interestingly enough so I would assume it is the same house and probably someone from their family along those lines.

Here is the census:

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/1818/1940unitedstatesfederal.jpg


edit: Posting the link a link to download that page of the census. http://rapidgator.net/file/38607388/1940_United_States_Federal_Census.jpg.html

 

[vhs07]

Up untill the early 80's, I worked for a company that hand wrote their sales orders. The customers with accounts had an address lable similar to yours that we would stamp to go through the multiple carbon copies of the sales ticket
Then they went to computers and these ended up getting thrown out after a while.
The stamper looked somthing like this:

 

[thrillathahunt]

Up untill the early 80's, I worked for a company that hand wrote their sales orders. The customers with accounts had an address lable similar to yours that we would stamp to go through the multiple carbon copies of the sales ticket
Then they went to computers and these ended up getting thrown out after a while.
The stamper looked somthing like this:
View attachment 670656

By Joe, I think that's it! Mystery solved. Thanks a bunch.

 

[ABruce]

It's called an ADDRESSOGRAPH PLATE. Before computers, printing and mailing companies would have a plate for each person who received monthly (or whenever) mailings of the same items. They were held in large magazines and would print labels one by one in rapid succession, changing the plate each time. Computer printers beginning in the 1970s put these machines on the scrap heap.