Trade Token: Alberger's Meat Store, Buffalo, New York

Trade token issued by Alberger's Meat Store in Buffalo, New York. The obverse features an Indian head; the reverse reads "ALBERGER'S MEAT STORE BUFFALO." The description also notes that the owner ran a kosher butcher stall, served as Mayor (1860-1861), was an Erie Canal Commissioner, and a New York Assemblyman. The token is identified as "RARITY #3 NY105B.1a."

Associated People/Businesses

• ALBERGER / (FRANK A. ALLBEREGER 1825.1877)

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

• Buffalo (N.Y.)--History
• Erie Canal (N.Y.)
• New York (State)--Politics and government

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 12, Folder 10