Days Gone By

Jun 29 2012
4:37 am

American writer Amy Lowell as a child, ca. 1880.

Posted 10 months ago
#1880s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #history #children #amy lowell #pets #dogs

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Jun 24 2012
4:14 pm

Brown Brothers, Celebrated sled dog Balto with Gunnar Kaasen, Alaska, 1925.

Posted 10 months ago
#1920s #alaska #vintage #portrait #history #balto #husky #huskies #siberian husky #gunnar kaasen #sled dog #pets #dogs

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Jun 15 2012
12:19 pm

Natalie Clifford Barney with a pet dog, ca. 1890s.

Posted 11 months ago
#1890s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #history #natalie clifford barney #americans abroad #pets #dogs #LGBT #lesbians #lesbian

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Jun 14 2012
3:16 pm

Mrs. Patrick Campbell, actress, full-length portrait, seated at small table, facing slightly right, holding pet dog, ca. 1901.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 11 months ago
#1900s #vintage #portrait #actress #mrs. patrick campbell #edwardians #edwardian #pets #dogs

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Jun 14 2012
11:35 am

Frances Benjamin Johnston, Kermit Roosevelt with his dog Jack, 17 June 1902.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 11 months ago
#1900s #vintage #portrait #history #children #kermit roosevelt #roosevelt family #frances benjamin johnston #dogs #pets

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Jun 14 2012
7:36 am

Frances Benjamin Johnston, Alice Roosevelt with her pet dog, Leo, ca. 1902.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 11 months ago
#1900s #vintage #portrait #pets #dogs #alice roosevelt #roosevelt family #washington #washington dc #frances benjamin johnston

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Jun 13 2012
3:51 am

W. E. Mason, Belgian dogs trained to draw quick-firing guns, 1915.

Posted 11 months ago
#1910s #w.e. manson #vintage #wwI #world war I #military dogs #dogs #pets #history #portrait

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Jun 10 2012
3:24 pm

Thomas Eakins, Amelia C. Van Buren with a cat, 1891.

Posted 11 months ago
#1890s #19th century #victorian #vintage #portrait #history #thoams eakins #amelia van buren #martin van buren #first lady #cats #cat #pets #reading #books #USA

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Jun 5 2012
2:02 am

Richard Sears, The Kennedy Family at Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, 4 September 1931. L-R: Robert Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Jean Kennedy (on lap of) Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (behind) Patricia Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (behind) Rosemary Kennedy. Edward Kennedy was not born yet. Dog in foreground is “Buddy”.

Source: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston

Posted 11 months ago
#1930s #kennedy family #robert kennedy #john f. kennedy #JFK #president kennedy #family #vintage #portrait #history #family portrait #hyannis port #massachusetts #new england #USA #beach #pets #dogs #eunice kennedy #children

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Jun 4 2012
5:00 pm

National Photo Company, First Miss America Margaret Gorman posing with her Greyhound, “Long Goodie”, 14 April 1925.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 11 months ago
#1920s #miss america #margaret gorman #beauty queen #flapper #flappers #vintage #portrait #history #pets #dogs #greyhound #man's best friend #cute

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