Photograph of Owney and Railway Post Office clerks
Object Details
- Date
- c. 1895
- Description
- Owney, the dog who was the unofficial mascot of the Railway Mail Service in the 1890s, posed in the doorway of a mail car. Four unidentified mail clerks stand outside the car.
- Photographer: Unknown
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Credit line
- National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Object number
- A.2006-47
- Type
- Photographs
- Medium
- paper; photo-emulsion
- Record ID
- npm_A.2006-47
Owney, the dog who was the unofficial mascot of the Railway Mail Service in the 1890s, posed in the doorway of a mail car. Four unidentified mail clerks stand outside the car.
Photographer: Unknown