Trade token for the Sanitary Dairy of Barnesville, OH owned by Marquis Peterson: Museum Object and Cultural History
Trade token for the Sanitary Dairy of Barnesville, OH owned by Marquis Peterson: Date: late 19th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Owned by: Marquis Peterson, American, 1832 - 1896.
The object in the museum catalogue
An oval trade token for a quart of milk owned by Marquis Peterson. The token is silver with embossed lettering and decorative dashes around the edge. On the frontside of the token is “GOOD FOR / 1 / QUART OF MILK.” On the backside of the token is “SANITARY / DAIRY / BARNESVILLE, / OHIO.”
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: late 19th century
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Owned by: Marquis Peterson, American, 1832 - 1896
- Distributed by: Sanitary Dairy, American
- Type: tokens
- Medium: metal
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 7/8 × 1 1/4 × 1/16 in. (2.2 × 3.2 × 0.2 cm)
- Place used: Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Cooking and dining
- Topic: Free communities of color
- Topic: Military
- Topic: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- Topic: United States Colored Troops
- Object number: 2017.78.5
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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