Monday, April 12, 2010

The Canine Pack is a Social Structure that Helps Make Dogs “Man’s Best Friend”


[Ready for a Picnic]
1879 Chatterbox Junior periodical
Frank M. Buckland, editor


[Time Out with Friends]
Richard Andsell (1815 -1855) British


Training the Dog
(detail of larger picture)
Eugene Remy Maes, (1849-1931) Belgian

The Lady's Obedient Dog
David Emile Joseph de Noter
 (1818-1892) Belgian

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His Only Friend
John Charles Dollman, (1851-1934)
from The Illustrated London News, 1875
The dog cares not his master’s esteem among men.


Teaching a Dog New Tricks
John Arthur Lomax (1857-1923) English

"Can’t Tell Him There’s No Fishn"
Henry (Hy) Hintermeister, (1897-1972), American


Victorin and His Dog
French aviator Victorin Garaix was born in 1890. He earned his aviators licence in 1912, and set a new altitude record of 7,328 feet in a bi-plane --- with five passengers. This photo of Victorin and his dog was taken in March, 1914; he was killed in action at about 24 years of age, August 15, 1914, in WW I.
U.S. Library of Congress
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