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Sgt. Stubby and Owney the Post Office Dog: The Meaning of Mascots

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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

Patti Storms on The Michigan Stove Company Pet…
kcgrier on Sgt. Stubby and Owney the Post…
Kelli on Sgt. Stubby and Owney the Post…
Nancy Powell on “Crosby’s Hungry P…
kcgrier on Those Unfortunate Little Green…

Archives

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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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  • wildlife pets

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