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ICR baggage tag

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Is this a "Thomas" type tag that is not marked? I'm wondering when these went out of favor or if they served for the life of the Intercolonial Railway.
 
Hi CS, have you been to this page at www.tagtown.net? The tag below by Thomas looks pretty close to yours. Any patent stamp?
>>>Thomas is best know for the Feb 19th, 1867 patent found on its checks. This is a fairly early patent for a "shell" style large tag that accepts a smaller rectangular "insert". It is not known if Thomas was just a patent holder and the checks were made by someone else, or if Thomas actually manufactured the checks as well.<<<
 
It's obviously identical to the marked Thomas tags but everyone that I have seen does have the markings and the patent date.This one is different in that it has no identification.I'm really not sure what that means.I wonder if those tags just stopped carrying that info after a certain date.I know you can find CPR tags and other Can. railway tags that are fully IDed as Thomas patents.I've also never come across another ICR one (marked or unmarked) on the net, yet they must have been out there in numbers.I did come cross an interesting tidbit about the survival of those tags though.The ICR ceased to exist after 1918 and that coincides with the War years when brass was at a premium.Alot of those brass tags must have been sold as scrap and remelted.
Stupid question: Would anyone bring that tag back down to shiny metal.It's interesting that in railway collectibles the shine seems more acceptable.
 
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