rpo
7 photos tagged rpo, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.
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Related tags
Tags that often appear on the same photos:
- smithsonianinstitution
- railwaypostoffice
- usps
- nationalpostalmuseum
- mailacrossthecommons
- trains
- railroads
- railroadstations
- depots
- railroadmailservice
- railwaymailcars
- railroadbaggagecars
- sp
- tno
- espee
- railroadexpresscars
- train
- npcs
- clerestorycoachusstock
- mailbag
- dog
- owney
- postoffice
- dogs
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Photos
Photos tagged rpo:
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Recent uploads
The last upload was October 2015.
[Texas & Pacific, Railway Post Office, Baggage and Express Car No. 905] from SMU Libraries Digital Collections uploaded October 2015
Owney from Smithsonian Institution uploaded June 2008
Owney from Smithsonian Institution uploaded June 2008
Loading Mail onto Railway Post Office Car from Smithsonian Institution uploaded June 2008
Interior of Railway Post Office Car from Smithsonian Institution uploaded June 2008
Conversations
Here’s a selection of the conversations happening on these photos:
Loading Mail onto Railway Post Office Car
- hellaOAKLAND said:
- Adam Blankenship said:
- Neutronn said:
Owney
- 6 older comments, and then…
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PolkadotSparrow (April) said:
What a wonderful story, and a wonderful dog!
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Kain Yu said:
dog is human's best friend! I like this photo&story,and I will remember oweny.
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shanan said:
great story :-)
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Flumpster said:
Aaah what a great story :-)
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Malcolm said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Almost Anything BRIDGES COMP... Get entering., and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Interior of Railway Post Office Car
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jjgg77 said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called In The Love of The Father,Jesus, Mary, Saints and Angels, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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Vio Iacob said:
No!!!! Amazing!!!
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Adam Blankenship said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called RPO RAILWAY POST OFFICE - MAIL TRAIN, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Owney
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dogsbylori said:
Cool Dog! But looks weighed down.
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Pixel Wrangler said:
"Postmaster General John Wanamaker was one of Owney's fans. When he learned that the dog's collar was weighed down by an ever-growing number of tags, he gave Owney a jacket on which to display the "trophies. "On April 9, 1894, a writer for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported that 'Nearly every place he stopped Owney received an additional tag, until now he wears a big bunch. When he jogs along, they jingle like the bells on a junk wagon.' "Each time Owney returned home to Albany, the clerks there saved the tags."
– from the National Postal Museum
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Jιℓℓ said:
Beautiful description, photo, and dog. I love stories of animals like that.
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B.l.u.e.S.k.y. said:
a great archive... thank!