German Shepherd Dogs of 1918

~ YesBiscuit
Images from Vanity Fair, July 1918

The Annual Specialty Show of the Shepherd Dog Club of America attracted 82 entries and an article in Vanity Fair. The following images and text are taken from that article.

Champion Max
Note: Sonia von Graustein is also depicted in the first image of this post.
Brushwood Boy, winner’s dog
Source: Cleveland, R. M. (1919, February). Progress of the shepherd dog in America. Vanity Fair, p. 53
An ad in Vanity Fair, August 1918, for the kennel whose dogs are pictured in the first portion of this post
Three ads in Vanity Fair, December 1918
Vanity Fair, January 1919

Behold, The Homo Guard:

Vanity Fair, January 1919

2 thoughts on “German Shepherd Dogs of 1918”

  1. So cool – love this! And look at the straight backs in these photos, which are so different than the ‘crouched’ backs that seem to be in so many breeder photos currently.

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