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Would this be one of those "print your own" tokens that were
sold in machines in the 1950's? You put in your coins to pay for
it. I forget how much. Then you spun the big dial for the letters
and numbers that you wanted to have stamped on it and pulled the
lever to stamp them one at a time. When you were done, you did
something else to have your finished token fall where you could
get it. You watched it stamping through the window. You could put
a key chain through one of the holes around the star.
If you were out with your sweetheart somewhere you could stamp
your names and the place very easily as a memento. With your name
and address, they could be used for ID on things with a key chain.
Uh oh! One of those remembrance things that show my age;-)
Marge Green
Stephanie Nutt wrote:
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> We have an artifact in our collection I am hoping someone out there can
> help us identify. It is a circular token of sorts, about the size of a
> half dollar, made of a light weight metal -- probably aluminum. It has a
> cut out star in the center with an American flag on one side of the star
> and a four leaf clover on the other side with the words GOOD LUCK around
> the clover. The side of the token with the flag also says LEE & FRANCES
> FT. HOOD TEXAS around the edge of the token. We know it was manufactured
> after 1953, because that is the date Camp Hood became a permanent facility
> and was renamed Fort Hood. It looks like it might be some sort of token
> given out for a wedding or similar occasion. I can provide a digital image
> if anyone wants to see it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks!
> Stephanie
>
> Stephanie L. Nutt
> Historical Archaeologist/Public Outreach Coordinator
> Fort Hood Cultural Resource Management
> (254) 288-0846
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