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.
Bulldog humor: trade card commentary on watchdogs in city life
Richard Goodwin, Dog Specialist, Part III: Mrs. Goodwin and Business Promotion in 1920s L. A.
Richard Goodwin, Dog Specialist, Part II
Richard Goodwin, Los Angeles “Dog Specialist” of the 1920s, Part I
The Cub Scout Pet Show: A Howling Good Time
A mysterious pet photograph, 1890
Buster Brown and His Dog Tige Wish You Happy Holidays!
Pretty “Fido” the Ladies Pet: Pugs and Studio Portraiture
The Pet Historian 