(1858-60) Token Miller IL-4 Brass Baker & Moody Hatters
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Baker & Moody were hatters at 164 Lake Street in Chicago, Illinois. Lake Street was the primary commercial thoroughfare in antebellum Chicago, lined with retail establishments serving the rapidly growing city. Their brass token (Miller IL-4) advertised the hat-making business during a period when Chicago was emerging as the commercial capital of the Upper Midwest, driven by railroad construction and the grain trade that made it one of the fastest-growing cities in the world. Cataloged as Miller IL-4.
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Miller IL-4
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