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Pacific Kennel Club Owney tag
Object Details
- Description
- Owney received this specially-engraved medal during his 1893 appearance at San Francisco’s Pacific Kennel Club dog show. A San Francisco Call reporter “interviewed” Owney for the paper, noting that the dog had “risen from comparative obscurity to be the best-known dog in the United States.” According to the reporter, Owney’s reply was a canine variation of the American “can do” spirit. That Owney “wishes it represents in the minds of the people that he is an example of what a dog can do for himself if he will only try.” The reverse of the medal is inscribed: "Presented to Owney by the Pacific Kennel Club / San Francisco / May 6, 1893."
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- May 6, 1893
- Object number
- 0.052985.337
- Honoree
- Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897
- Type
- Seals, Symbols & Signage
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- Height x Width x Depth: 1 1/8 × 1 1/8 × 1/8 in. (2.86 × 2.86 × 0.32 cm)
- Place
- California
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- Popular Culture
- Record ID
- npm_0.052985.337
- Usage
- CC0
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