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Dog on the Beach: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 09/21/2010 - 1:13am.
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New York circa 1905. "Bulldog on the beach, Coney Island." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Impressive sharpness
Submitted by David from the UK on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 12:57pm.
From a 10x8 neg, on a beach with moving subjects. Really impressive considering the camera must have been on a tripod with a groundglass and the photographer under a darkcloth due to the sun.
It's just under the surface here somewhere...
Submitted by Mattie on Tue, 09/21/2010 - 11:03pm.
If he's anything like my dog, he's searching for cat poop, a.k.a. kitty roca, in the sand.
Bare legs!
Submitted by tinag on Tue, 09/21/2010 - 7:50pm.
Three girls on the beach and nary a black stocking! I guess that's the difference between Coney Island and Atlantic City.
Treasure!
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 09/21/2010 - 6:08pm.
This was what they must have used before metal detectors were invented.
I spy
Submitted by JennyPennifer on Tue, 09/21/2010 - 4:09pm.
I think I see Shorpy Higginbotham in that photo. I'm glad he got a vacation at the beach.
Geez Louizz
Submitted by Don Jay on Tue, 09/21/2010 - 3:50pm.
I always wondered what a "sea dog" looked like!!
Dog Years
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 09/21/2010 - 11:54am.
Wow! That dog would be 735 years old now.
A timeless theme of kids with a dog on the beach. Great stuff.
A Dog on the Beach
Submitted by Anonymous Arkie on Tue, 09/21/2010 - 11:04am.
is worth two in the woods?
Beware
Submitted by fanhead on Tue, 09/21/2010 - 10:53am.
Boys and a big dog on the beach. No good can come of this.
How can they get in trouble? Let us count the ways.
Bull Dogs
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 09/21/2010 - 9:02am.
Once an American favorite, the American Staffordshire Terrier is now reviled as the pit bull. Someone, no doubt, will point out this is the same breed of dog from the Our Gang series of films starring the Little Rascals. Pete, the dog with a distinctive ring around his eye was an American Staffordshire Terrier.
The dog's popularity only declined after America entered an affluent life style affording the ownership of more breeds of dog companions.
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