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Camera? What Camera?
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 7:25pm.
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"Miss Mary E. Patton. Dog Show, 1915." One of many images from the Washington dog show of 1915 showing fancy canines and their even fancier owners, all of them female for some reason. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
Holy dog-bangs!
Submitted by T.U.M. on Wed, 11/19/2008 - 12:23pm.
That pooch needs a seeing-eye woman!
There's more, you say?
Submitted by Jim Dunn on Tue, 11/18/2008 - 11:35am.
You say there are many images from this dog show? Pleasepleaseplease say you'll be posting them, too.
[Okay. "You'll be posting them, too"! - Dave]
Bearded Collie
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 11/18/2008 - 10:19am.
Mrs. Patton is showing a bearded collie. If you have property that's the breed to have -- they are majestic. The doorway dog does have haunches like a whippet.
...and I bet that an English
Submitted by Tea on Tue, 11/18/2008 - 6:19am.
...and I bet that an English sheepdog at a dog show today would have its own hairdresser! This one looks a little windblown.
Whippets
Submitted by Loribl on Tue, 11/18/2008 - 5:07am.
The dogs in the background look like whippets -- much smaller than greyhounds. The one in front in an Old English Sheepdog. Believe it or not, breeds may change a lot over a century. For example, bull terriers did not used to have their egg-shaped head.
Could it be?
Submitted by O&W Guy on Tue, 11/18/2008 - 12:02am.
That streamlined dog in the doorway bears a striking resemblance to Santa's Little Helper, the retired racing greyhound that appears frequently as Homer Simpson's family pet.
Night and Day
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 11:52pm.
Her dog looks very different from the dog visible in the background!
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