OWNEY MAIL MASCOT

 

Owney was a stray puppy who became the mascot of the US Railway Mail Service.  He was first found at the Albany, NY, Post Office in 1888, curled up on a pile of mailbags.  The pup’s love for mailbags sent him around the world aboard railway post office trains and steamships.  After his trip to Asia and Europe in 1895, he became famous around the world.

Owney wearing all the tags showing where he traveled to.

Sadly, Owney died on June 11, 1897, in Toledo, Ohio.