Vintage Setters

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Source for above images:
Stables, G. (c. 1890s). Our friend the dog. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company
Source for three images above:
Mills, W. (1895). The dog in health and in disease. New York: D. Appleton
Three illustrations by R. Ward Binks in the book:
Chalmers, P. R. (1931). Gun–dogs. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd
Unidentified photo in Country Life & the Sportsman, January 1939
Ch. Modern Boy of Stucile owned by C. N. Myers of Hanover, Pennsylvania pictured in Country Life and the Sportsman, February 1939
Ch. Milson Top Notcher with owner Harry Hartnett in Country Life and the Sportsman, February 1939
Note that Mirza, the dam in this ad, was likely at least nine years old at the time.
The Breeder and Sportsman, August 3, 1901
A car ad for manly man-men in House Beautiful, August 1934
A Brooks Brothers ad in Country Life & the Sportsman, October 1938
Country Life & the Sportsman, January 1939
Country Life & the Sportsman, March 1939

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