Ebay Item - WATCH FOB KEY CHAIN HOLDER

"clocking" in and out of work? I've seen some old coal mine movies where they use something similar to know who is down in the mine. Just a thought.
 
That is an employee id tag. The guard shack would have a peg board with the tags, when you entered the factory you picked up your tag. When you left you turn in your tag. The company could keep up with who was in the factory before computers.
 
My guess is it goes with a set of car/truck keys. Telephone Company Trucks had similar tags associated with each truck so the driver knew what to take off the key rack in the morning.
The number on it might be associated with the company's truck number.
 
I think it's a tool check. When you got an item from the tool crib you gave the attendant a tool check. Return the item, get your check back. It was a sure-fired way to know who had what, and if you didn't bring it back to the crib at the end of shift you sure heard about it the next day!
 
We used to have to "brass" in and out with tags similar to that at a few construction sites. Had to show them if we had to check out certain tools also. I still have a few of mine and I do use them on key chains.
 
Bruce Adams said:
My guess is it goes with a set of car/truck keys. Telephone Company Trucks had similar tags associated with each truck so the driver knew what to take off the key rack in the morning.
The number on it might be associated with the company's truck number.
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I worked for utility company for 38 years and that's how we inventoried which vehicles were there and which ones weren't. And yes, it was associated with a vehicle #.
 
It is not a tool tag that toolmakers would use to check out tools from a crib. It says property of Martin Parry Co. Tags like this might be riveted to machines larger tools, fixtures or machinery for inventory purposes and department control. It would also prove ownership to the Martin Parry Company.
 
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