The Lesser Newfoundland (Labrador Retriever): Vintage Snippets and Images

From the book Histoire Physiologique et Anecdotique des Chiens de Toutes les Races by Bénédict-Henry Révoil, 1867
Brief entry in the book The Dogs of the British Islands by Stonehenge, 1872
From the article “The Newfoundland Dog” appearing in the August 7, 1879 issue of Forest and Stream
From the book British dogs their varieties, history, characteristics, breeding, management and exhibition by Hugh Dalziel, 1879
From the book The Twentieth Century Dog (Sporting) by Herbert Compton, 1904
An early Labrador from the book The Complete English Wing Shot by G.T. Teasdale-Buckell, 1907
Labradors in 1901 pictured in the book The Complete English Wing Shot by G.T. Teasdale-Buckell, 1907
From the book The History of Retrievers by Charles C. Eley, 1921
From the book Sport is Where You Find It by Philip K.Crowe; illustrated by Paul Brown, 1953

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