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Owney the Postal Dog
Owney the Postal Dog
Owney the Postal Dog

Owney the Postal Dog

Photographer (1860 New York – 1909 Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Date1892
Mediumglass plate negative
Dimensions7 × 5 in. (17.8 × 12.7 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase, Trust and Agency Fund via Edna (Louise) Grindstaff; Dick Ruddy and Amy Larson in memory of Edith Kubie; Gwenn Robinson, M.D.; Carol O’Brien English; and Sondra Eastham; additional funding in memory of Katy Lou McIntosh Ely, Carolyn Leach, Sarah Shortle Blue, Millie Santillanes, Vernon D. Robertson, Sally Stockman, and Jane Williams.
Object numberPA2011.003.110
DescriptionOwney the Postal Dog, the mascot of the railway postal clerks, sits on a carpeted platform in a studio. He is shown seated facing right profile.
On View
Not on view
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