This week I was gifted with a copy of Photobooth Dogs by Cameron Woo (Chronicle Books, 2010) and it is a delightful confluence of interests. My thanks to Dave and DeAnna.
For a lovely blog on photo booth images, do visit Photobooth Journal.
Category Archives: Dogs
Mailman Greeted
This could be my dog, although he barks from a green chair, looking out the window, and would prefer not to get his feet wet in the snow.
Dachshunds and Beer
Angel dog with wursts; I love it. “Greetings from the Hofbrauhaus” And then perhaps, “Before the whole world goes to pieces, we’d best take our beer mugs to heaven.” Sorry, my German is really shaky. I’d be delighted with a better translation.
“This is my master’s beer.”
Easter Postcards
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Amusement Tax
I enjoy the postcards of Arthur Thiele (1860-1936), and this one includes a dachshund, albeit an unhappy dachshund.
Lassie Lost in the Snow
Illustration by Larry Harris, for the cover of this 1969 Authorized TV Adventure
Beauty and the Beast
A recent treasure to come into my hands is Beauty and the Beast: Human-Animal Relations as Revealed in Real Photo Postcards, 1905-1935 (2010) by Arnold Arluke and Robert Bogdan. You really can’t go wrong with this one. Above, a postcard from 1911, and below, one from 1908.
You might expect the usual dogs and cats to show up in the lap of the owner, but they are only the beginning.
Boy with pet owls, 1911
Boxing great James Jeffries with lion cubs at the Chicago Zoo, 1921
Girl with pony, 1909
These are just a few of my favorites; I am sure you will find yours somewhere in the more than 250 pages of this marvelous collection.
Tea for Two, Dog Left Out
“Tea for Two,” a postcard by Australian illustrator Margaret Horder (1903-1978).
And the same theme, by Aurelio Bertiglia (1891-1973)
Merry Christmas
Christmas greetings with dogs, postmen, tea, incense, even a goat — all my favorites. First, a Christmas postcard with art by Jessie Willcox Smith, for Kodak. “Where there’s a child, there should the Kodak be.”
Santa with a postman’s hat.
One with a goat, for Amy Smith.
A hardy postman.
Christmas greetings with incense.
Another Christmas postman.
More incense.
A Christmas postcard with a dog and tea.
More Christmas tea.
And one last Christmas telegram.
