Some Sort of Tag?

[proteus922]

I found this in our farmyard (114 year old farm). The name on the tag is my husbands grandfather who died in 1952. What do you think this tag was used for? It says "From: Chas Rathert" and "To: McLain Alcorn Comm Co St. Louis, Mo" Since it is "from" our grandfather, I don't understand how this tag was made. I can't believe that it was made here on the farm, but seems more like it would have been made by the company referenced. Do any of you have any thoughts? Thanks!

 

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[BigWaveDave]

like a luggage tag or something?

 

[TomPA]

Reminds me of a personal railroad shipping tag. Any RR's nearby?

 

[wvplug]

Very cool find whatever it is.

 

[Breezie]

I think the McLain Alcorn Commission Company of St. Louis, Mo had something to do with poultry, eggs, and butter. Did Grandpa have chickens/eggs/butter that he would be shipping? How far from the homestead is St. Louis? Perhaps he was shipping via train live chickens.

Neat find
Breezie
WELCOME to the forum!

 

[cudamark]

I agree with Breezie. Your grandfather probably had a whole batch of those tags made for continued shipments to that company. Maybe the one you found is an extra that got dropped before it was attached to a crate or maybe the crates came back empty to be refilled and the tag fell off in the yard.

 

[dobber97]

I have one as well

I found one this morning at an old farm,thanks for posting so I could figure it out.

 

[proteus922]

Cool! Thanks to you, too, for sharing.

 

[proteus922]

Breezie....thanks for that info. You are right on, I think. The homestead (where I still live) is about 20 miles from St. Louis, and there was a train that passed by here less than 1/4 mile away. Now that train bed is a very nice bike trail! Thank you!