Author: kcgrier
I'm a historian who writes about the evolving relationships of people with animals. My blog, The Pet Historian, focuses on Americans' relationships with their pets from the eighteenth century to the present. I use material and visual culture to help tell this complicated and fascinating story.
Working with my graduate students at the University of Delaware, I also created a website called Disposable America, where we use digital journalism to explore the history of disposability and its material legacy.
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)
A Funny Postcard of Dogs Wearing Top Hats and Glasses Hitched to a Carriage — Really!
Macy’s Kennel Shop at the Westminster Dog Show, 1956
Victorian Pets in 3-D: Two Early Stereographs of Dogs
Winter’s here! Vintage Dog Booties from New York City and Hollywood
The Pet Historian 