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Mrs. Bacon by Anders Zorn

Mrs. Walter Rathbone Bacon (Virginia Purdy) wife of the president of B & O Southwestern Railroad (and dog), painted in 1897 by Anders Zorn, a painting said to have been admired by both John Singer Sargent and James Whistler when exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1897. By me, too.

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The Trifecta

A postcard that combines my fascination with Japan and my love of dogs and the post office: two children dressed as postal carriers in Japan, circa 1918.

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Name Day Post 2

Oh my goodness, a postcard with a dachshund dressed as a postman and it’s another Name Day card. What a bonanza.

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Tea with the Dog

After seeing so many postcards with kittens in tea cups, this was a real relief.

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Now thou are dead, no eye shall ever see For shape and service, spaniel like to thee. This shall my love do, give thy sad death one Tear, that deserves of me a million. – Robert Herrick

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City Brewery, Juneau

While searching for log cabin postcards many years ago, I came across this building that once served the City Brewery in Juneau, Alaska. Built by Presbyterians in 1881, it was a church, a school, a carpenter’s shop, and then an office for the brewery, before being torn down in 1914. Below, a slightly more inclusive [...]

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The cover of the A.L. Burt edition, 1913/1914

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Perfect

I love William Powell and dachshunds, and here they are.

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Tea for a Dachshund

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