These images, some over a hundred years old, are evidence that humans always dressed their pets up in cute and/or weird ways.
The Victorian Gentleman Dog
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Bud, the first dog to travel across America, 1903
The physician Horatio Nelson Jackson and his friend Sewall K. Crocker were the first people to drive an automobile across America. It took sixty-three days to drive from San Francisco to New York City. Somewhere in Ohio they obtained a Pit Bull named Bud.
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Tommy Atkins, c. 1905
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Old Heidelberg, c. 1905
An old sea dog, c. 1905
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The Missis, c. 1905
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Group of photos by Harry Whittier Frees, 1914
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Collie’s Special Delivery, dog on a toy wagon loaded with Uneeda biscuit cartons, c. 1916
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Sergeant Stubby, a Boston terrier was America’s first war dog who participated in seventeen battles on the Western Front during WWI.
According to Wikipedia, he saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American soldiers found him.
Smoking dog, 1923
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Dog winner in L.A., photo by Leslie Jones, 1920s
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Pete, the performing Staffordshire Bull terrier, in costume for his next role, 1927
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Dog responds to every alarm, photo by Leslie Jones, 1928
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A new chauffeur takes the wheel, 1930
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A dog chariot from the 1930s
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A cat and a bulldog in a toy car, 1933
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Bulldog with hat, photo by Leslie Jones, between 1934 and 1956
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A bulldog wearing a guardsman’s hat with a horsehair plume at the Hanham Abbots Kennels in Gloucestershire, February 16, 1935
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Two bulldogs from Major Gamble’s kennels. ‘Cracker Jack’ dressed as a ‘gent’ in a topper looks happy enough but his partner ‘Jillett’ dressed as an old lady looks miserable, 1935.
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Gangster dog in bowler hat, 1939
(Photos by Leslie Jones, via Boston Public Library)
A Dalmatian dressed up like a firefighter, photo by Leslie Jones, 1940s
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A dog in cap and glasses, with his paws on the bonnet of a car on which rests a bottle of beer, c. 1950
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A boxer dog called Jefferson, modelling a head scarf and glasses for an intellectual look, 1950
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