Photograph of Railway Post Office mascot Owney and mail carrier

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Object Details

Description

Owney was a mongrel dog who became the unofficial mascot of the Railway Mail Service in the 1890s. He traveled on mail trains all through the United States and even made a trip around the world on mail steamers. He is shown here posed with an unidentified mail carrier.

Photographer: Unknown

Credit line

National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown

Date

c. 1895

Object number

A.2008-35

Type

Photographs

Medium

paper; photo-emulsion

Place

United States of America

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Data Source

National Postal Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8f177a0b1-ba5e-4cf4-9551-1b09cfcdeded

Record ID

npm_A.2008-35