Button Owney tag
National Postal Museum

Button Owney tag

Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897 · 1888-1897

metal (brass)
National Postal Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
National Postal Museum

Owney received this uniform jacket button from a Post Office Department (POD) letter carrier. The button was produced by the Waterbury Button Company of Waterbury, Connecticut. There is no additional information to indicate who presented the button to Owney or when it was given to the dog.

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