The year 1897 marked Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, celebrating sixty years as England's monarch. In the February 20 issue of Country Life Illustrated, the queen's dogs received their own tribute, snippets of which follow. Included are collies, Pomeranians, a Skye terrier and Italian mountaineer dogs - a type of sheepdog.
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Vintage Dogs: Smols
Country Life Illustrated, January 23, 1897 The Breeder and Sportsman, December 13, 1902 Country-side, May 1913 Why not? Vanity Fair, August 1916 Vanity Fair, January 1917 Vanity Fair, February 1917 Vanity Fair, February 1917 Vanity Fair, March 1917 Vanity Fair, March 1917 Vanity Fair, May 1917 Vanity Fair, May 1917 Source: Williams, L. (1919). A … Continue reading Vintage Dogs: Smols
Vintage Dogs: Oddball III
Country Life July 13, 1901 Lady Warwick holding a baby anteater and a collie who doesn't look too happy about the arrangement. From Country Life, September 21, 1901. I assume "found at birth" is a euphemism for the Count killing the cub's mother. From Country Life, October 12, 1901. Country Life, December 28, 1901 Country … Continue reading Vintage Dogs: Oddball III
Born on This Day: Bette Davis
Actress, icon and dog lover Bette Davis was born on April 5, 1908, in Lowell, Massachusetts. As lifetime president of the Tailwaggers Society, a canine care and advocacy organization in southern California, she hosted a fundraising event in 1938. Numerous Hollywood stars attended and the fundraiser was well covered by the press. This puppy was raffled, … Continue reading Born on This Day: Bette Davis
More Random Vintage Dogs
Sussex spaniels, brother and sister, from the kennel of Campbell Newington in Suffolk, pictured in Country Life, October 15, 1904 The Breeder and Sportsman, October 30, 1909 A little Scottie poetry for your consideration: Country-side, June 1913 Vanity Fair, July 1916 Wycollar Boy, a wire fox terrier owned by Mrs. Roy A. Rainey in Vanity … Continue reading More Random Vintage Dogs
Vintage Puppies
Fox terriers having a meal and fending off an interested party from outside the family. Country Life Illustrated, January 23, 1897 Caniculus. (1903, March 7). Mrs. Kilburn Scott's Samoyeds, Country Life, pp. 300-302 Country Life, December 5, 1903 Country Life, December 19, 1903 The Country-Side, March 27, 1909 Well! Source: Williams, L. (1919). A manual … Continue reading Vintage Puppies
Vintage Show Dogs
Champion Rupso pictured in Country-side, May 1913 Best in Show winner at the Ladies Kennel Association Image from Vanity Fair, August 1916 Vanity Fair, August 1916 Vanity Fair, September 1916 Vanity Fair, October 1916 Vanity Fair, November 1916 Vanity Fair, November 1916 Vanity Fair, March 1917 Vanity Fair, April 1917 Vanity Fair, April 1917 A … Continue reading Vintage Show Dogs
Vintage Women and their Dogs
Country Life, November 19, 1904 The painting referenced in the above letter, Diana of the Uplands, by Charles Wellington Furse (1903-1904): Source: Wikimedia Commons Country Life, December 3, 1904 Lilla Ives with a black Pomeranian. Source: Ives, L. (1911). Show Pomeranians. Manchester: Our Dogs Publishing Co. Actress Elsie Janis, dubbed "the sweetheart of the A. … Continue reading Vintage Women and their Dogs
Dog Stories Three
Another installment of tales from turn of the century periodicals invoking our timeless bond with dogs: Source: Animal life and the world of nature: a magazine of natural history throughout the world, Volume I, July 1902 - June 1903 This absurd image stays in my head and I'm glad.The Country-side Monthly, November 1911 Country-side, July … Continue reading Dog Stories Three
E. Kay Robinson on the 1919 Report of a Brontosaurus in the Congo
Following current events? In need of a distraction? OhMyGodYesPleaseWTFSaveMe? The following is editor E. Kay Robinson's response, published in the January 1920 issue of Country-side, to a viral report from the previous year of a brontosaurus living in the Congo. I always enjoy reading these pieces for the many treasures they hold. Science of course … Continue reading E. Kay Robinson on the 1919 Report of a Brontosaurus in the Congo
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