Preserved remains of Owney - the first unofficial postal mascot

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Owney was a scruffy mutt who became a regular fixture at the Albany, New York, post office in 1888. His owner was likely a postal clerk who let the dog walk him to work. Owney began to ride with the bags on Railway Post Office (RPO) train cars across the state . . . and then the country! The RPO clerks adopted Owney as their unofficial mascot, marking his travels by placing medals and tags from his stops on his collar.

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Size: 5292px × 7938px
Location: National Postal Museum 2 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002
Photo credit: © Sergey Yatunin / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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