Vintage Show Dogs

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Birkdale. (1897, October 16). The Harrow dog show. Country Life Illustrated, pp. 409-410.
A St. Bernard with a different type of head and a possibly exaggerated weight
Source: Birkdale. (1897, October 16). The Harrow dog show. Country Life Illustrated, pp. 409-410.
Source: Bolton, S. K. (1901). Our devoted friend the dog. L. C. Page & Company.
Judge James Watson described Queen Mary as the best female Collie in the country in his monthly column.
Source for both images: Watson, J. (1913, August). Dogs. Country Life in America, p. 55.
I left in the text, partly by necessity but also out of interest, accompanying this nice head shot of the great Dane, Champion Diana, in the August 1913 issue of Country Life in America.
Source: Watson, J. (1913, September). Dogs. Country Life in America, pp. 65-66.
Source for both Peke images above:
Watson, J. (1913, October). Dogs. Country Life in America, p. 77-78.
Watson, J. (1913, November). Dogs. Country Life in America, p. 69-70.
Cleveland, R. M. (1919, May). New blood for the bench shows. Vanity Fair, p. 64.
Vanity Fair, February 1919

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