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Pets (and other creatures) in library, archive and museum collections.
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petsincollections · 14 hours ago
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Seated Cat (Cat of Kazan)
Mid-18th centuryArtist/maker unknown, Russian
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petsincollections · 14 days ago
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Bessie Venator Petting Barnyard Animals (1930s)
Snapshot of a woman identified as Bessie Hansen Venator standing in a barnyard area with several sheep, a calf and chickens.
Harney County Library
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petsincollections · 15 days ago
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Aquatic animals in holding tank
FSU Digital Library » Heritage & University Archives » University Records » Division of Research » Coastal and Marine Laboratory
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petsincollections · 16 days ago
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"S. P. C. A. animals" - 9 February 1962
"Robert Hudson feeds Cebus Monkey."
George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs
Temple Digital Collections
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petsincollections · 17 days ago
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Man and his dog in a Photo Booth at Grand Central Station, 1943
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petsincollections · 18 days ago
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#TwoForTuesday:
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Two Elephants: fol. 99 in Ms. Ludwig XV 3 (Bestiary), Flanders, c.1270 Tempera colors, gold leaf, ink Getty 83_MR.173.99
"Elephants picking and eating fruit from a tree. This image shows the artist had some idea of how elephants use their trunks to deliver food to their mouths. This is a very unusual elephant illustration." (description via https://bestiary.ca/manuscripts/manugallery378.htm)
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petsincollections · 19 days ago
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Agriculture - animals - cattle - 4-H
CSU - Colorado Cooperative Extension Slides
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petsincollections · 20 days ago
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The Festival of the Animals
By 10-year-old girls from Bogota, Colombia
International Collection of Child Art
Milner Library, Illinois State University
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petsincollections · 21 days ago
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Animals
Roman B.J. Kwasniewski Photographs
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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petsincollections · 22 days ago
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Birds and William Seymour Monroe
Long Trail Photographs
University of Vermont Libraries
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petsincollections · 23 days ago
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Lady holding an 11 pound cat in Vermont
Porter C. Thayer Photographs
University of Vermont Libraries
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petsincollections · 24 days ago
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Writing on the edge of this says “Me and my pal Kitty”. No date but likely 1950s.
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petsincollections · 25 days ago
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Writing on the back of this photo from my collection says “General Nuisance. Summer 1954”.
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petsincollections · 26 days ago
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Animals (June 19, 2006)
Drawing of various animals. Drawing is surrounded by other various graffiti
University of Washington Libraries Urban Archives Database
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petsincollections · 2 months ago
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Cat
1808-1813Thomas Vickers and Son, West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania (c. 1805–1822)
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petsincollections · 3 months ago
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Hyde Park Neighborhood, Parakeets 19
Monk parakeets sit on power lines by their nests, which are built on electrical transformers near Harold Washington Park in Chicago's Hyde Park. A self-sustaining population of the parrot species has lived in the area since the 1980s (19th of 24 photographs).
Collection: Archival Photographic Files
Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
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petsincollections · 4 months ago
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Camel's Head
1976-1993
Cibachrome 6 in. x 9 in. (15.24 cm x 22.86 cm)
Bequest of Elizabeth Friedman, Class of 1939
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number: 2002.15.1
Acquisition Date: 01/15/2003
Geography: North and Central America, United States
Classification: Fine and Visual Arts; Photographs; Cibachromes
Culture/Nationality: American
https://triarte.brynmawr.edu/
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