Owney (dog)
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owney-dog-183-14248998
title:
Owney (dog)
text:
Owney was a terrier mix adopted in the United States as a postal mascot by the Albany, New York, post office about 1888. The Albany mail professionals recommended the dog to their Railway Mail Service colleagues, and he became a nationwide mascot for nine years (1888–1897). He traveled over 140,000 miles throughout the 48 contiguous United States and around the world as a mascot of the Railway Post Office and the United States Postal Service. He was the subject of commemorative activities, inclu
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encyclopedia
description:
Late 1800s U.S. Railway Mail Service mascot
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owney_(dog)
date created:
2006-09-24T12:14:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T22:43:27Z
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{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Owney_National_Postal_Museum_front_left.jpg","width":2400,"height":3000}
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