Tag, Animal

Title:

Dana's Stock Label

Object Name:

Tag, Animal

Object ID:

1996.519

Creator:

Dana, C. H. -- Manufacturer

Place of Origin:

West Lebanon, NH

Date:

circa 1900

Description:

Cattle ear tags display card with three metal tags, C. H. Dana, West Lebanon, NH, c. 1900. Card heading reads, "DANA'S / STOCK LABEL / For Marking, Numbering and Registering Live Stock", and "From the Breeders' Gazette: - 'The Dana / Ear Tag, made at West Lebanon, N.H., is probably the most satisfactory / mark for animals that has yet been made". Pictured are a bovine and a sheep, both with ear tags. Below the header are lettering and numbering specs for the three sizes of ear tags advertised. The reverse advertises the punch for cutting the ear and closing the label, directions for ordering, and the prices and order names for the tags: "Cattle Label" (1.5" long, 0.4" high, 0.4" wide), engraved "71 / C.I.SMITH. / CONCORDIA.KAS."; "Calf Label" (1.6" long, 0.4" high, 0.25 wide), engraved "204 / H A M"; and "Sheep or Hog Label" (1" long, 0.25 high, 0.25" wide, engraved "43 / S.J.COLE"). Card printed black on blue, 5.5" x 3.3"; hole, for hanging, at top center. Overall dimensions: 5.75" x 3.3" x 0.4".

Material:

Metal
Paper

Dimensions:

H-5.75 W-3.3 D-0.4 inches

Provenance:

Transferred from NHHS library to museum collection, July 23, 1996. NHHS library no. 636 D167s; NHHS special collections no. S1996.549. Accompanied by a C. H. Dana order form, which includes the statement, "The Dana Label is used by nearly every live stock recording association and by all the agricultural experiment stations in the United States and Canada.", as well as testimonials from New York, Vermont, Tennessee, Kansas, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Texas.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

Subjects:

Cows, Sheep, Cattle, Livestock