Object Details
- Creator
- National Postal Museum
- Views
- 1,999
- Video Title
- Owney the Dog's Story, as Told by his Typist
- Description
- Owney was a mutt who lived in the 1880s and 1890s. He befriended postal clerks and traveled by Railway Mail Service. In this short video, staff member Erin Blasco introduces Owney's story and explains how the museum uses Owney to connect the public with key Postal Museum stories, both online and in the museum. To learn more about Owney, visit http://postalmuseum.si.edu/owney.
- Video Duration
- 2 min 33 sec
- YouTube Keywords
- Smithsonian "postal museum" "National Postal Museum" stamps philately post office history
- Uploaded
- 2012-06-22T13:13:57.000Z
- Type
- YouTube Videos
- See more by
- SmithsonianNPM
- National Postal Museum
- YouTube Channel
- SmithsonianNPM
- YouTube Category
- Education
- Topic
- Postal service;Letter mail handling;Stamp collecting
- Record ID
- yt_fJO_G0knsiw
