National Postal Museum
Willaim F. Maybaum Owney tag
Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897 · 1888-1897
Owney received this identification token from William F. Maybaum, a Brooklyn, New York, postal clerk. Maybaum worked in the main, or general, post office (“G.P.O.”) in Brooklyn. There is no additional information on when the tag was given to the dog. Maubaum is listed as a worker in the Brooklyn post office through the 1890s.
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