Railroad Luggage Tag, Tobacco Tag and Indians Everywhere

[Cpackjr]

Today was the second of two trips to my farm permissions. Last week there were two Indian Head Pennies, a 1906 and unreadable plus a pocket knife. Today closer to home, after seeing a new building on a 1958 aerial photo I went back to a farm permission. I didn’t find much on the new building site except an aluminan tag that I’ve yet to identify that reads 144 EXP. 6-30-57 W.VA. And Mail Pouch Tobacco Co. Maybe it was on a crate in a store? I found a round tag that had AT&S FRY and a number, 268. It’s a tag from The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. I suppose a luggage tag?? I’ve then found two Indian head pennies an 1881 and a 1904. I also found a flattened penny with the Lords Prayer on it. I can’t tell what penny was used to make it but suspect its old. I also found plenty of iron including an unusual horseshoe and a small pickax. Photos below

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[Vlad]

Nice finds, keep it up!

 

[backwater]

Nice finds and research. I like tags like those, they tell a story.

 

[Wolf-Dog]

Congrats on the great finds! I like the old pocket knife & IHPs.

 

[markinswpa]

Today was the second of two trips to my farm permissions. Last week there were two Indian Head Pennies, a 1906 and unreadable plus a pocket knife. Today closer to home, after seeing a new building on a 1958 aerial photo I went back to a farm permission. I didn’t find much on the new building site except an aluminan tag that I’ve yet to identify that reads 144 EXP. 6-30-57 W.VA. And Mail Pouch Tobacco Co. Maybe it was on a crate in a store? I found a round tag that had AT&S FRY and a number, 268. It’s a tag from The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. I suppose a luggage tag?? I’ve then found two Indian head pennies an 1881 and a 1904. I also found a flattened penny with the Lords Prayer on it. I can’t tell what penny was used to make it but suspect its old. I also found plenty of iron including an unusual horseshoe and a small pickax. Photos below

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Love me some Injuns. Congrats on the Ihps and cool tags Cpackjr. Looks like maybe an expiration date on the Mail Pouch tag. Glad to see you're getting out. Good luck. Mark

 

[Silverhorse65]

Some excellent history going on there, congrats!

 

[Bioheat1969]

I love finding the luggage tags, I found one last summer. Looks like you had a great hunt, keep it going!

 

[Digger RJ]

Today was the second of two trips to my farm permissions. Last week there were two Indian Head Pennies, a 1906 and unreadable plus a pocket knife. Today closer to home, after seeing a new building on a 1958 aerial photo I went back to a farm permission. I didn’t find much on the new building site except an aluminan tag that I’ve yet to identify that reads 144 EXP. 6-30-57 W.VA. And Mail Pouch Tobacco Co. Maybe it was on a crate in a store? I found a round tag that had AT&S FRY and a number, 268. It’s a tag from The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. I suppose a luggage tag?? I’ve then found two Indian head pennies an 1881 and a 1904. I also found a flattened penny with the Lords Prayer on it. I can’t tell what penny was used to make it but suspect its old. I also found plenty of iron including an unusual horseshoe and a small pickax. Photos below

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Nice!!! Congrats!!!!