File:Railway Post Office Mascot Owney and Mail Carrier.jpg

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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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