Dog License Tag from 1876

[milco]

Hello All,

Good finds have been few and far between this year, but I found a real winner last night. This is a construction project that I have been going to for the past two weeks since they started.

I found a very rare 1876 shield style Milwaukee Dog License tag. It is about the size of a quarter.

I have found many others in the past, but only one other one from the 19th century, and that was an 1885 Minneapolis tag.

The 19th Century tags, as many of you know, are quite scarce and desirable, so we'll see about this one as I do more research and find out more info. I am trying to find out from the City of Milwaukee if they even have the records in their archives. I would love to find out who bought the license, what the dog was and where they lived, stay tuned.

[del]

now that is one old dog tax tag Darren :wow: huge congrats :clapping::thumbsup02:please keep us informed of any more info you come across .

[Lodge Scent]

Wow, that thing is almost a 1000 years old in dog years. :)
Kidding aside, it really is a great find :congrats:

[Bell-Two]

That is the oldest dog tag I have ever seen!

[MangoAve]

Nice find. Good keeping an eye out for the construction project.

[Tony Two-Cent]

That is an incredible find, Darren! :notworthy:

Definitely the oldest dog tag I've seen posted on this forum. Spectacular! :thumbsup02:

:congrats:

[Bucknut]

I had no idea that they made those things way back then! Congrats! That has to be worth a decent amount to an avid collector.

[Skamaniac]

I'm also surprised at the age. I never would have thought they licensed dogs back then. Great find! Looking forward to any new information you find.

[OxShoeDrew]

I agree with everyone else. Awesome find!

[BTV Digger]

Awesome find! Love finding those old dog tags. Oldest I've found is only from 1945.

John

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

very cool tag for sure!

[Digger_O'Dell]

WOW, awesome find! I personally haven't had much luck finding anything really old in the Milwaukee area so far as most everything seems to have been completely picked through since detectors came on the market, or else heavily landscaped where anything that might have been there was removed long ago. Last pic looks like someplace I know but can't place it. Congrats and HH!

[Hiluxyota]

Wow. The oldest I found was from 1916. Didn't know they had dog tags that far back... Nice find.

[The Rebel]

That's very cool. Seems they just LOVED to tax people way back then as well....:lolsign:

[MangoAve]

Seems they just LOVED to tax people way back then as well....:lolsign:

Rog, I believe the detecting and learning history coincides.... the RW was about taxation. But they just love to find MORE ways to tax now. State parks are now taxed. It's not a good nor a service and you are already paying to use a state (public) property... now it's taxed? Ridiculous!!!

[Ill Digger]

I love finding those old dog taxes!
And that's a oooooold one!! :shocked04:
As far as I can remember, that's the oldest one I've ever seen posted too!
Great find Darren!
Congrats!! :grin:

[Mountaindigger]

Wow what a find. Congratulations to you.

[freemindstuck]

That's very cool. Seems they just LOVED to tax people way back then as well....:lolsign:

It's about more then just a tax. A dog tag changes the legal standing of the dog. Without it, he is just another stray dog with no rights. With it, he is property. And the property owner is entitled to monetary compensation if the dog is wrongly killed.

[Digger Don]

Great find. I didn't think they even had dog tags back then. :congrats:

[donald sutphin]

Talk about making the pig sqeaul. What a helluva find oldest one that my eyes have seen.

[Digger_O'Dell]

Did a little research and I found The oldest known American dog license tag is an 1853 Corporation of Fredericksburg (Virginia) medallion, as quoted from "The Bark" in an article named "Collecting American Dog Tags". http://www.thebark.com/content/collecting-antique-dog-tags
I haven't been able to find anything about Milwaukee history, but it must be really close to being the first year issued.