Need ID please

[Bhodge]

Found this in NW Tenn today. Says
"return this check to ILL.CENT.R.R"
Chicago
I scratched it, luckily it was the back which has no writing.

 

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[fmerg]

railroad baggage tag
Railtiques.com

 

[TENNESSEEGAL]

Very cool find!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Baggage check tag. From the ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD. Could date as early as the 1850s. Great find!

 

[BuckleBoy]

...But more likely turn-of-the-century. Here is a similar logo from a 1912 publication:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7192/6968289537_9770ceb952.jpg