#dogs in history

[victusinveritas]

Togo would also be pretty pissed.

[doggozila]

Mutual evolution of humans and dogs 

[livelaughlovelams]

Can someone PLEASE tell me why @the-real-azor is so underrated?

https://www.tumblr.com/the-real-azor?source=share

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“Famous Dog Racer Gets Ready,” Ottawa Journal. February 1, 1930. Page 3. ---- Emile St. Godard exercising his dogs here for the big International Derby to be held Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in connection with the Winter Carnival.

[bebs-art-gallery]

Dog sculptures turned golden from tourists petting them throughout the years

[facts-i-just-made-up]

Corn dogs are named for their traditional meat, the unicorn. As unicorns are now extinct, they can only be referred to properly as ‘Corn Dogs and not “Unicorn Dogs” as they were prior to 2009.

[dogposts]

An archivist found a long forgotten 8mm film reel in an old metal box, marked "Philippines 1942". Thinking it was lost WWII footage, he sent it in to be restored/digitized. When he got the footage back, he found puppies instead

[lotus-pear]

soukoku as one of my dearest renaissance paintings

[rainbow-gend3r]

Sputnik 2, launched on November 3, 1957, carried the dog Laika, the first living creature to be shot into space and orbit Earth. Laika was a stray dog found on the streets of Moscow. There were no plans to return her to Earth, and she lived only a few hours in orbit. …

taken from @gallivantsofgillis on tiktok

[itsbansheebitch]

(Approx.) 4th Century BCE Good Boys

[victusinveritas]

In the early 15th century, Edward of Norwich, the 2nd Duke of York, wrote a list of over 1,000 names that he deemed suitable for hunting dogs. It's included in a book called "The Master of Game," and it's considered the oldest English-language book on hunting. The corresponding dog pictures We Rate Dogs used are just some visual context from the time period, but they have been carefully selected to match a name from the list.

[doggozila]

(via IMPORTANT DOGS IN HISTORY)

[the-cricket-chirps]

Giacomo Balla

Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash

1912

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe and Lassie at Ray Anthony’s party in Hollywood, 1952.

[yesterdaysprint]

Good Morning (by the Daily Mirror), England, May 20, 1943

[pierog]

IM GAY BITCH

petitioning the 1986 homosexual reform bill, from mates & lovers (a history of gay new zealand) by chris brickell