Description: Owney was a mongrel dog who became the 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.
Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer
Medium: Black and white photographic print
Culture: American
Geography: USA
Date: 1895
Collection: Owney Collection
Persistent URL: http://photography.si.edu/SearchImage.aspx?t=5&id=3399&q=A.2008-35
Repository: National Postal Museum
Accession number: A.2008-35
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