Photograph of illustration of Owney on mail sack

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Object Details

Description

Illustration of Owney, the dog who was the unofficial mascot of the Railway Mail Service in the 1890s. Owney is shown posed on a US mail sack.

Illustrator: Unknown

Credit line

National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown

Date

c. 1895

Object number

A.2006-46

Type

Photographs

Medium

paper; photo-emulsion

Place

United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm801e72518-3950-4f15-be4f-fb4cec1b9432

Record ID

npm_A.2006-46