Photograph of Railway Post Office mascot Owney and mail carrier

National Postal Museum

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
c. 1895
Object number
A.2008-35
Type
Photographs
Medium
paper; photo-emulsion
Place
United States of America
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Record ID
npm_A.2008-35
Metadata Usage (text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8f177a0b1-ba5e-4cf4-9551-1b09cfcdeded

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