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Month: July 2016

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The Secret Life of Pets — in Victorian America

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  • The Michigan Stove Company Pets, Chicago, 1893: “Garland” the fox terrier and “Garland” the Maine coon cat
  • Measuring Dogs: “Why Guess? Be Accurate!” (1944)

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Recent Posts

  • Lion Coffee and “How to Care for Domestic Pets”: The Goldfish
  • Sgt. Stubby and Owney the Post Office Dog: The Meaning of Mascots
  • “Crosby’s Hungry Pets”: breakfast with the dog, cat and parrot, around 1907
  • The Michigan Stove Company Pets, Chicago, 1893: “Garland” the fox terrier and “Garland” the Maine coon cat
  • Measuring Dogs: “Why Guess? Be Accurate!” (1944)

Recent Comments

kcgrier on Those Unfortunate Little Green…
Karen Klein on Those Unfortunate Little Green…
kcgrier on A Canine Supermodel of the 197…
Cerelle Abshire on A Canine Supermodel of the 197…
Ramona Lynn Grimsley on Sensational Scents: Skunks as…

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Categories

  • advertising trade card
  • advice literature on pets
  • alley cat
  • animal humor
  • animal-human interaction
  • anthropomorphism
  • aquarium
  • attitudes toward dogs
  • bird cages
  • bulldog
  • Buster Brown
  • cabinet card
  • canaries
  • carte des visit
  • carte des visite
  • cat food
  • cat litter
  • cat photography
  • cat products
  • cat shows
  • catnip
  • cats
  • Christmas
  • Christmas gifts for pets
  • diaries
  • dog advertising
  • dog boots
  • dog clothing
  • dog food
  • dog food
  • Dog hero
  • dog photography
  • dog repellents
  • dog toys
  • dog training
  • doghouses
  • dogs
  • Du Say's of New Orleans
  • feral cats
  • fire hydrant
  • flea powder
  • fleas
  • fox terriers
  • goldfish
  • goldfish
  • halftone
  • horse photograph
  • horses
  • Kitty Litter
  • mail order catalogs
  • Maine coon cat
  • mascots
  • material culture
  • memorial photography
  • newspaper articles on pets
  • parakeets
  • parrots
  • patent medicines
  • patent medicines for pets
  • pet antiques
  • pet food
  • pet furniture
  • pet history
  • pet humor
  • pet industry
  • pet photography
  • pet portraiture
  • pet shows
  • pet stores
  • pet stroller
  • pet supplies and equipment
  • pet toys
  • pets
  • pets in literature
  • pets in the comics
  • play with pets
  • ponies, Shetland pony, pony for Christmas
  • poodle
  • post cards
  • poultry
  • pugs
  • rabbits
  • real photo postcard
  • reptiles
  • rppc
  • skunks
  • small animal hospital
  • small animal medicine
  • snapshot
  • stereoview
  • taxidermy of pets
  • Thanksgiving
  • travel with pets
  • turkeys
  • U.S. Specialties Co.
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  • veterinary medicine
  • wildlife pets

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