Vintage Dog Ads

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Vanity Fair, June 1917
A full page car ad featuring a woman driving and a stylish borzoi in Vanity Fair, June 1917
Fear of typhoid fever was behind this ad for a screened pen on wheels designed to hold babies. A devoted terrier is depicted standing guard nearby.
Source: Vanity Fair, July 1917
Vanity Fair, July 1917
A Pomeranian with a large bow is depicted in this skincare ad which includes the lovely phrase “the veriest whisper of disappointment” in the text.
Vanity Fair, October 1917
A brace of Boston terriers in this car ad in Vanity Fair, November 1917
Borzoi depicted lying at the feet of a Russian woman in this perfume ad in Vanity Fair, December 1917
It was novel, I’ll grant them that.
Vanity Fair, December 1917
Fox terrier in a shoe polish ad
Vanity Fair, December 1917
Bulldog and borzoi in a stationery ad in Vanity Fair, January 1918
Vanity Fair, February 1918
The Breeder’s Gazette, August 8, 1918

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