Baggage tag or fob information

cellrdwellr

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• Aug 1, 2021

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I stumbled across an old railroad site, and have been finding alot of baggage tags from late 1800's to the early 1900's. Some even matching. Does anyone know where I can find more info on them? Google has been of no help thus far. Books, links, photos, etc would be helpful. Thanks in advance!

 

Chroma

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• Aug 1, 2021

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Don't know if you have seen this site, but I found it through a quick Google search. Seems to have some good info.

http://www.railroadiana.org/hw/pgBaggageTags.php

 

cellrdwellr

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• Aug 1, 2021

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Chroma said:

Don't know if you have seen this site, but I found it through a quick Google search. Seems to have some good info.

http://www.railroadiana.org/hw/pgBaggageTags.php

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I have not seen it, thank you! I'll check it out!

 

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philber

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• Aug 7, 2021

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I would suggest looking up railroad related clubs/groups on facebook and asking through there were to find info