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Irene Castle in Scottish Highland Costume Holding a Dog

Date: 1917
Description: Waist-up portrait of Irene Castle holding one of her small Belgian Griffon dogs.
Photograph

Kitty Gordon and Two Dogs in Sunroom

Date: 1918
Description: Kitty Gordon and two dogs in a sunroom. The star of musical comedy, vaudeville, and silent films, Kitty Gordon, and two dogs, wolfhounds or deerhounds. ...
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Young Boy in Wagon Pulled by Dogs

Date: 1915
Description: Young boy in a wagon pulled by two dogs near a cornfield.
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Delos Dudley with Dogs in Winter

Date: 01 1910
Description: Delos Dudley outside in a snowy yard with dogs "Towser," "Fido" and "Cleo." In the background is a house.
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Performing Dogs

Date: 1910
Description: A well-dressed man with a cane directs seven trained dogs in Capitol Park. The third Wisconsin State Capitol building is in the background.
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Two Dogs Near Corn Crib

Date: 1915
Description: Small wooden farm building with two dogs sitting in front. There appears to be corn stacked inside. The ground is covered in snow.
Postcard

Prairie Chickens

Date: 1913
Description: A quarry of dead prairie chickens, hunting dogs, horses and buggies in tall grass. Caption reads: "Prairie Chickens, Hawkins, Wis."
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Two Dogs

Date: 1918
Description: Two dachshunds pose on the snowy walkway at the Hotz house.
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Indian Women in Canoes

Date: 1911
Description: Indian women paddle their canoes on Rainy Lake. Other people and dogs are on the shore.
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Performing Dogs

Date: 1910
Description: A small crowd watch as eight dogs perform in Capitol Park. There are circus or carnival tents erected along Pinckney Street, and the First National Bank (l...
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Camp Travis

Date: 1918
Description: A large formation of soldiers, led by four dogs, marching down a dirt road at Camp Travis, named in 1917.
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Indian Camp

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards a bark canoe resting at an Indian camp on the shore of Lac La Croix. There are several dogs at the camp.
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Hunter's Camp Near Cassville

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of two dogs and five men. In the background are tents among trees. Two of the men are holding a pole strung with their fish catch.
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Lou Tellegen, Geraldine Farrar, and Two Dogs

Date: 1917
Description: Lou Tellegen, Dutch-born actor, and Geraldine Farrar, American operatic soprano and silent film actress, and two canine friends. Tellegen and Farrar were m...
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Irene Castle and her pet dog

Date: 1914
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Irene Castle in a black Persian lamb coat and hat holding one of her small Brussels Griffon d...
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William Farnum and his Dog

Date: 1919
Description: William Farnum and his dog at his home in Hollywood.
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Earle Williams and a Collie

Date: 1918
Description: Vitagraph silent film star Earle Williams wags his finger at a collie.
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Margarita Fischer and a Bulldog

Date: 1916
Description: Margarita Fischer, a Harry Pollard Picture Play star, and Pete, an English bulldog.
Poster

Champion Harvesting Machinery Advertising Poster

Date: 1915
Description: Advertising poster for Champion brand reapers, mowers, grain binders and dump rakes featuring color illustrations of the implements, including a larger col...
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Francine Larrimore and her Dog

Date: 1918
Description: Francine Larrimore, Broadway star and briefly a silent film actress, with her dog, perhaps a miniature spitz.

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