token

Name/Title

token

Entry/Object ID

2012.016.001

Description

Token. Pickers' checks. A-L (12 identical). Small bronze disk; round with reeded border. Stamped "S. Y. & CO. 1". Most are blank on the reverse but J, K, and L are stamped on both sides. .75" diameter.

Acquisition

Accession

2012.016

Source or Donor

Riley, Daniel C.

Acquisition Method

Gift

General Notes

Note

The initials are for the farm and the number denotes whatever quantity of work that was just completed. Usually for picking, peeling or packing fruits and vegetables(especially tomatoes). At the end of the season they were exchanged for cash. Donor idenitifed these as from a Carroll County company but which firm has not been established. 12 are cataloged but there are additional in the Education collection.