Longview Daily News - Dec 13, 1974
The Bloomington Pantagraph - Mar 11, 1951
"Ashley practiced stamp-licking until he had the task down purrfectly, then offered to kick off the Organization for Responsible Care of Animals' public appeal... In return for his generosity, each donor will receive a thank-you note enclosed in an Ashley-licked envelope with stamp attached."
Lancaster Sunday News - Oct 6, 1985
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Category: Cats, Dogs, Postal Services, Stamps
Mail clerks raised money for preserving their mascot and he was taken to the Post Office Department's headquarters in Washington, DC, where he was on placed on display for the public. In 1904 the Department added Owney to their display at the St. Louis, Missouri, World’s Fair. In 1911, the department transferred Owney to the Smithsonian Institution. In 1926, the Institution allowed Owney to travel to the Post Office Department’s exhibit at the Sesquicentennial exhibit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From 1964-1992, he was displayed at the Smithsonian museum now known as the National Museum of American History and in 1993 he moved to the new National Postal Museum, where he remains on display next to a fabricated Railway Post Office train car.
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Category: Travel, Trains and Other Vehicles on Rails, Dogs, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Postal Services
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Category: Movies, Shopping, Comics, Children, Dogs, 1900s
Santa Rosa Press Democrat - Feb 28, 1978
Beatrice Lydecker - 1988 press photo
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Category: Paranormal, Dogs, 1970s
Wausau Daily Herald - Feb 14, 1940
Indianapolis Star - May 24, 1951
Chattanooga Daily Times - Apr 25, 1955
Chambersburg Public Opinion - Mar 13, 1969
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Category: Books, Libraries, Myths and Fairytales, Dogs
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Category: Bathrooms, Inventions, Patents, Dogs
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Food, Cats, Dogs, 1950s
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Category: Movies, World Records, Dogs, 1900s
Chicago Tribune - Feb 20, 1927
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Category: Animals, Dogs, 1920s
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Category: Animals, Parents, Dogs, Courage, Bravery, Heroism and Valor
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