Button and Token Help Please!

[asmerri]

Found both of these at an 1885 homesite in North Texas yesterday. The token is pretty cool. I have never seen one with punches in it like this one. Someone on here once helped me ID a token by somehow pulling up early Denison, Texas directories. Can anyone point me in the right direction

The second item is a button that reads "Mo.P.". The back reads "Hoole Mfg. Co.46. Bond St. N.Y." Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks for looking!

 

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[jewelerguy]

I assume that you are in Denison or near there.... did that area ever have motorcycle police? that's what comes to mind when I look at your button... motorcycle police, perhaps 1930's or 40's

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Your "Mo.P." button is most likely a Police button. About its "Hoole Mfg. Co." backmark... that company was in business under that name from 1883 until 1891, when it was absorbed by another company.
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[asmerri]

I assume that you are in Denison or near there.... did that area ever have motorcycle police? that's what comes to mind when I look at your button... motorcycle police, perhaps 1930's or 40's

Yep, I'm in the Denison area. A lot of history here.

 

[asmerri]

Your "Mo.P." button is most likely a Police button. About its "Hoole Mfg. Co." backmark... that company was in business under that name from 1883 until 1891, when it was absorbed by another company. Baggage Check Makers n Daters

That's awesome! Much older than I was assuming. Thank you!

 

[jewelerguy]

Your "Mo.P." button is most likely a Police button. About its "Hoole Mfg. Co." backmark... that company was in business under that name from 1883 until 1891, when it was absorbed by another company.
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cool. I wouldn't have thought it was that old. cannonball guy is a wealth of knowledge

 

[Bramblefind]

I think the Mo P button is for Missouri Pacific Railroad. I saw the Subterraean thought that might be it in to your Today's Finds thread. See this post where PBK helps confirm the ID of of a button of the same design:

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/113956-12-buttons.html

Re: 12 buttons

Originally Posted by 72cheyenne
You think the Mo. P. button is maybe Missouri Pacific Railroad?

It is indeed, and dates from the 1880's.


Source: Transportation Uniform Buttons, Volume One - Railroad by Donald P. VanCourt

Also here is another example-

2 Vtg Brass Missouri Pacific MoPac MoP MP RR Railroa (12/14/2011)...


As for the token .... It was difficult to find the "Barradall" individual but I think I did and this is, so far, the only place I found him in Denison, TX. In the 1900 census there is this and his occupation is listed as "Druggist"-

Name: W D Barradels
[N D Barradall]
[W D Bandel]
Age: 52
Birth Date: Apr 1848
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Denison Ward 4, Grayson, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Boarder
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia

There is a 1901 Denison Directory online at Ancestry as well as a few other years but I haven't been able to find him listed in any of them. The 1901 Directory does have this listing whom I believe is probably your "Bailey". The next earliest directory is 1896 and Barradall is not listed there so I would think your token dates somewhere circa 1896 -1901.

eta- I think this is the Barradall on your token - he died in 1906

Norborne D. Barradall ( - 1906) - Find A Grave Memorial

 

[asmerri]

I think the Mo P button is for Missouri Pacific Railroad. I saw the Subterraean thought that might be it in to your Today's Finds thread. See this post where PBK helps confirm the ID of of a button of the same design: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/113956-12-buttons.html Also here is another example- 2 Vtg Brass Missouri Pacific MoPac MoP MP RR Railroa (12/14/2011)... As for the token .... It was difficult to find the "Barradall" individual but I think I did and this is, so far, the only place I found him in Denison, TX. In the 1900 census there is this and his occupation is listed as "Druggist"- Name: W D Barradels [N D Barradall] [W D Bandel] Age: 52 Birth Date: Apr 1848 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1900: Denison Ward 4, Grayson, Texas Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Boarder Marital Status: Single Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia There is a 1901 Denison Directory online at Ancestry as well as a few other years but I haven't been able to find him listed in any of them. The 1901 Directory does have this listing whom I believe is probably your "Bailey". The next earliest directory is 1896 and Barradall is not listed there so I would think your token dates somewhere circa 1896 -1901. eta- I think this is the Barradall on your token - he died in 1906 Norborne D. Barradall ( - 1906) - Find A Grave Memorial

Now that is cool! You are a research machine! How do you find old directory listings like that? And thank you very much!

 

[newby2020]

Found both of these at an 1885 homesite in North Texas yesterday. The token is pretty cool. I have never seen one with punches in it like this one. Someone on here once helped me ID a token by somehow pulling up early Denison, Texas directories. Can anyone point me in the right direction

The second item is a button that reads "Mo.P.". The back reads "Hoole Mfg. Co.46. Bond St. N.Y." Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks for looking!

I hope this link still works. My ggrandfather was Norborne Barradall , M.D. and that is from his pharmacy. He along with his brother C.W. Barradall were pharmacist. I have a lot of info on both of them and can prove my claim. Do you ever release items to the next of kin? I would really love to have that as part of my family momento collection.