Horse Registration Tag from the Hewitt Estate, Ringwood Manor, 1918
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Abram Hewitt and Edward Cooper formed the Trenton Iron Works in 1847. Hewitt married Cooper's sister, Sarah Amelia Cooper, in 1855. The Cooper and Hewitt families co-owned several subsequent businesses, and they shared a summer estate, Ringwood Manor, in northern New Jersey. This registration tag was a sort of "license plate" for one of the Hewitts' horses.
Abram Hewitt and Edward Cooper formed the Trenton Iron Works in 1847. Hewitt married Cooper's sister, Sarah Amelia Cooper, in 1855. The Cooper and Hewitt families co-owned several subsequent businesses, and they shared a summer estate, Ringwood Manor, in northern New Jersey. This registration tag was a sort of "license plate" for one of the Hewitts' horses.
Artifact
Animal tag
Date Made
1918
Keywords
United States, New Jersey, Ringwood
Hewitt, Abram S. (Abram Stevens), 1822-1903
On Exhibit
On Loan - Ringwood State Park
Object ID
31.768.21
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
Material
Cardboard
Metal
Inscriptions
front of tag: STATE OF NEW JERSEY / 25969 / DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE / 1918
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