Raymond Till, Accounting Dept, Boston Navy Yard Early Photo ID Pass in Leather Sleeve carved bone polar bear Box measures 6 1/2" l

Box measures 6 1/2" l x 4" w x 1 7/8" t

Four drawings total here

but he says keep cool and don't excite yourself

owned by a Louise Popeney and started in 1881

and raise a glass high to its creative

Raymond Till, Accounting Dept, Boston Navy Yard Early Photo ID Pass in Leather Sleeve carved bone polar bear Box measures 6 1/2" lI don't come across a pass or identification card with a photo this old very often, and I quite like the looks of our smiling Raymond Till in his hat and bow tie not looking too much the accountant to me! The pass is for access to the Boston Navy Yard (in Charlestown, opened in 1800 as one of the first navy yards of the US Navy), and was issued by a US Navy Paymaster Armstrong King I believe. To me this looks early 20th century WW1 era rather than