Northern Pacific yellowstone Park Line Luggage tag

Rad1sh

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This was found in a park in Rainier, Washington. This is my first relic.
 
Tags of any type are such a cool thing to find, they tell a story & are usually one of a kind especially when they have a number. Yours is in a great condition, congrats on a terrific find.
 
This was found in a park in Rainier, Washington. This is my first relic.

Really nice! One of the best parts of detecting is learning little bits of history in response to finding relics like that one.

I was looking at the Wikipedia page for the Northern Pacific Railway and saw that they were using that Ying-Yang design pretty much from the start at the turn of the century.

There were some very attractive advertising posters featuring the Northern Pacific Yellowstone Park line. You could get a reproduction and have it framed with a custom mat with the luggage tag.

https://www.google.com/search?q=yellowstone northern pacific ad poster&tbm=isch
 
Nice find! My detecting buddy here in Hamilton Montana found a similar brass tag right next to the local NPRR tracks near the depot.
 
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