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
Category: animal history
Vintage Wild Animals as Pets III
A pet leopard A blesbok, the pet of British troopsSource for images above: Animal life and the world of nature: a magazine of natural history throughout the world, Volume II, July 1903 - June 1904 A one month old elk calf pictured in Country Life, July 23, 1904 Country Life, August 13, 1904 Country Life, … Continue reading Vintage Wild Animals as Pets III
Vintage Dogs with Jobs
Two photos of the Devon and Somerset staghounds in Country Life Illustrated, January 23, 1897 English setters and pointers on a railway platform with a dog box in Country Life Illustrated, January 30, 1897 Sussex spaniels from the kennel of Campbell Newington in Suffolk, pictured hunting in Country Life, October 15, 1904 Fox terriers, a … Continue reading Vintage Dogs with Jobs
Vintage Harriers
Source: Megargee, E. (1954). The dog dictionary. [1st ed.]. Cleveland, Ohio: World Pub. Co. We don't harr much about harriers, vintage or otherwise, so harr's a post to fix that. (I know the second one was too much. I know it but I did it anyway.) In The Kennel Club Calendar and Stud Book, Vol. III - … Continue reading Vintage Harriers
Vintage Foxhounds
The Devon and Somerset staghounds in Country Life Illustrated, January 8, 1897 Two photos of the Essex hounds in Country Life Illustrated, February 6, 1897 Two images of the Warwickshire hounds from Country Life, January 23, 1904 Anon. (1904, July 30). Draghound races. Country Life, pp. 178-179 The Warwickshire hounds (sixty-two and a half couples) … Continue reading Vintage Foxhounds
Vintage Field Trial Winners
Two images of stake winners from Country Life, May 7, 1904 This clumber was one of the winners at the annual trials of the Sporting Spaniel Society in 1902. From Country Life, December 27, 1902. A gorgeous point from a female English setter in Country Life, January 24, 1903. A 12 month old pointer. Source: … Continue reading Vintage Field Trial Winners
Vintage Show Dogs
Source: Stables, G. (c. 1890s). Our friend the dog. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company The Country-Side, April 10, 1909 Vanity Fair, July 1916 Vanity Fair, July 1916 Vanity Fair, July 1916 Vanity Fair, July 1916 Two terriers, trimmed rather differently from today's show champions, pictured in House Beautiful, September 1934 House Beautiful, October 1934 … Continue reading Vintage Show Dogs
Vintage Dogs and People
Source: Biggle, J. (1900). Biggle pet book. Philadelphia: W. Atkinson Hunting with westies in Country Life, July 9, 1904 Country Life, September 17, 1904 Sussex spaniels at the kennel of Campbell Newington in Suffolk, pictured in Country Life, October 15, 1904 Pheasant hunting in Wales, Country Life, December 3, 1904 Opera soprano and silent movie … Continue reading Vintage Dogs and People
Happy Holidays
Simpson, F. (1903). The book of the cat. London, Paris, New York, Melbourne: Cassell and Company, Limited Illustration appearing within the fifteen pages of dog ads in Vanity Fair, December 1916 Vanity Fair, December 1916 Vanity Fair, December 1916 Vanity Fair, December 1916 Vanity Fair, December 1916 Vanity Fair, December 1916 Vanity Fair, December 1916 … Continue reading Happy Holidays
Vintage White Dogs (and Cat)
For the season... Source: Pearce, T. (1889). The Dog: With Simple Directions for His Treatment, and Notices of the Best Dogs of the Day and Their Breeders Or Exhibitors. United Kingdom: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Company. Source for images of Nansen and Perlene: Animal life and the world of nature: a magazine of natural history throughout the world, Volume II, … Continue reading Vintage White Dogs (and Cat)
