Often referred to around the turn of the century simply as “the New York show”, the annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show was a big deal then, as it is today. The article snippets, sketches/photos and ads below will, I hope, convey a sense of how significant bragging rights were to the owners of dogs earning ribbons (and not just first place ribbons) at the show.
Forest and Stream, October 6, 1894Country Life in America, April 1902Dogdom, April 1911Photo by R.W. Tauskey from the article: Haynes, W. (March 1917). The noble Dane. House and Garden, p. 38From the cover of The Dog Fancier, May 1920The Dog Fancier, December 1920The Dog Fancier, July 1921From the classifieds at the back of Forest and Stream, April 8, 1886An ad in the back pages of the book: Huntington, H.W. (1897). My dog and I. New York, NY: Caxton PressDogdom, November 1911House and Garden, December 1917House and Garden, February 1919House and Garden, July 1919
