This week's Sepia Saturday prompt features a family group from the turn of the 19th/20th century (see the end of this post). My eye focused on their pet dog at the front of the photograph.
There is no shortage of pets getting in the picture with my extended family, with photographs spanning 100 years.
There is no shortage of pets getting in the picture with my extended family, with photographs spanning 100 years.
To begin with - three vintage photographs of my cousin's family:
Here is Joseph Prince Oldham with his wife Mary Alice Knowles, their son John William and daughters Sarah, Edith and young Beatrice - plus of course their family pet. The Oldham family down three generations were carters and coal merchants in Blackpool, Lancashire.
Young Elsie Oldham, granddaughter of Joseph, above.
William Hooker and his wife Winifred with their five children + pet.
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More Recently
Our
daughter was 5 years old and Crufts Dog Championships Show was on
television - how could we resist that combination!The result by the
summer 1978 was that Beauty a golden cocker spaniel became part of the
family.
It
was a sad time when we lost Beauty at the age of nine, and we said we
would not go through that again. Bur surreptitiously we were all
looking at adverts in the local papers, and
within a month we had Colleen - a 2 year old gentle blue roan cocker.
Taking a break - with my parents.
Colleen
died suddenly at seven years old at a time when there were other
stresses in the family. We could not imagine family life without a dog
and that had to be a cocker spaniel. So within a few months we had puppy Casmir (Cass) - an orange roan cocker -
she had such a distinctive colouring, she became well known around our
small town and lived to the grand age of 13. A pet and great friend of all the family.
Our cocker spaniel Cass
against the background of Loch Etive in the Western Highlands.
The dubious pleasures of owning a dog - out in all weathers!
A wet and windy crossing to the Isle of Mull
with all other passengers se sheltering below deck.
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Such handsome dogs. I used to want a cocker spaniel when I was about 6 because I saw one everyday on the way to school. Unfortunately we never had any pet larger than a tiny turtle.
ReplyDeleteYou certainly have a family of dog lovers. I don't have many old photos with dogs - and none that are studio portraits. The older generations in my family considered dogs as outside animals only. Boy - has that changed with my family!
ReplyDeleteA lovely collection of beautiful, handsome, and cute dogs down the line. I'm not, generally speaking, a dog lover. I've mostly had birds, and for a while we had cats. But my husband had trained our Irish Setter so well she was a joy and I did love her.
ReplyDeleteGood looking dogs belonging to your family members!
ReplyDeleteGreat photos all.
ReplyDeleteDogs really add to our families and our photos.
Oooh I love all your doggie photos! Wonderful post!
ReplyDeleteWe are also a dog family, and I always wanted a spaniel, but never happened. We have a Black and Tan Shiba Inu at present and she keeps us on our toes.
I know from old records that my fathers side in Ireland had Mastiffs and his Lancashire ancestor bred greyhounds for running courses. No photos tho, sadly.
That's an impressive collection of dog ancestors! I like Cass's princess portrait. The evolution of pet choices are interesting to see in old photos. Dogs are not uncommon in early photographs, but cats not so much. Maybe because they twitch too much for the old cameras to catch their movement.
ReplyDeleteLovely dogs Susan. The sepia pictures are especially nice Jean O Brien🤓
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