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Photograph of illustration of Owney on mail sack
Object Details
- Description
- Illustration of Owney, the dog who was the unofficial mascot of the Railway Mail Service in the 1890s. Owney is shown posed on a US mail sack.
- Illustrator: Unknown
- Credit line
- National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- c. 1895
- Object number
- A.2006-46
- Type
- Photographs
- Medium
- paper; photo-emulsion
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Record ID
- npm_A.2006-46
- Usage
- Not determined
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