Here are
some historic pictures of our beloved German Shepherd
Dogs.
Some of
these dogs are famous, but most are not.
One
thing is for certain, GSD’s have played an
important part of our history.
More pictures
can be found at,
President Hoover with his dog.
Horydczak, Theodor, ca. 1890-1971,
photographer.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
between 1929 and 1933.
Credit
Line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Theodor Horydczak Collection,
[reproduction number, LC-H824-T01-0224]
CREATED/PUBLISHED
[1926]
SUMMARY
Image of Rin-Tin-Tin, dog
performer, standing on his hind legs on a raised platform in
NOTES
This
photonegative taken by a
Chicago
Daily News negatives collection, DN-0080493. Courtesy of the
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1929.
SUMMARY
Informal full-length portrait of Thomas D. Schall, Senator from
NOTES
This
photonegative taken by a
Chicago
Daily News negatives collection, DN-0087858. Courtesy of the
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1928.
SUMMARY
Full-length portrait of Shirley Short
petting her dog, standing on a
lawn in
NOTES
This
photonegative taken by a
Chicago
Daily News negatives collection, DN-0086751. Courtesy of the
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1923.
SUMMARY
Portrait of a young girl, Eleanor Coonley, standing
with a dog on a leash on the lawn
of a large building in
NOTES
This
photonegative taken by a
CREATED/PUBLISHED
[1923]
SUMMARY
Portrait of a young girl, Elsa Armour,
standing with a dog on a leash on the lawn of a large building in
NOTES
This
photonegative taken by a
Chicago
Daily News negatives collection, DN-0076192. Courtesy of the
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1929.
SUMMARY
Image of
a dog named "Jack the Comet" standing with his front paws on the handle
of a baby stroller, standing in front of a building in Chicago, Illinois,
looking to the left of the camera. A baby is sitting in the stroller, looking
toward the camera.
NOTES
This
photonegative taken by a
Chicago
Daily News negatives collection, DN-0088222. Courtesy of the
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1929.
SUMMARY
Image of
a dog named "Jack the Comet" standing next to a baby stroller with
his front paws on the carriage in front of a building in Chicago, Illinois. A
baby is sitting in the stroller, and Jack is holding part of the baby's blanket
in his mouth.
NOTES
This
photonegative taken by a
Chicago
Daily News negatives collection, DN-0088220. Courtesy of the
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1929.
SUMMARY
Image of a photograph of L. Molkentine,
a woman, standing next to a dog in front of a house. This image was taken in
NOTES
This
photonegative taken by a
Chicago
Daily News negatives collection, DN-0089351. Courtesy of the
CREATED/PUBLISHED
[between 1920 and 1930?]
SUMMARY
A woman
smiles, she poses with a line of puppy dogs eating from bowls, probably in
photo by Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
Credit
Line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,Western History/Genealogy Department,
Mrs.
Ryan's home at 17 Foxhall Rd. German police dog, side view I.
Horydczak, Theodor, ca. 1890-1971,
photographer.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
ca. 1920-ca. 1950.
Credit
Line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Theodor Horydczak Collection,
[reproduction number, LC-H823- 2414-024]
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1930 October.
SUMMARY
View of
Little Chief White Eagle, a Yaqui Native American
wearing leggings, kilt with an embroidered swastika, shirt and a headdress and
Princess Rainbow Sistesso, a Sioux, in a fringed
buckskin dress, walking on a sidewalk with a dog wearing moccasins, Los
Angeles, California.
NOTES
Title
and description: "With air records across the country being set every few
minutes, Little Chief White Eagle, a Yaqui and
Princess Rainbow Sistesso, a Sioux, plan to try for a
new style of record, riding horseback from Los Angeles to New York in Indian
style, using the same horses all the way. It will be a honeymoon trip, they
said yesterday, for White Eagle has 'found the Rainbow' and the wedding is set
for the near future. The trip will be started in the spring, when weather is
better.", typed on label on back of print.
Credit
Line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,Western History/Genealogy Department,
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1927.
SUMMARY
Full-length
portrait of Frances Heenan Browning (known as Peaches
or The Girl Wonder), an actress and the wife of Edward Browning, looking
towards the camera and smiling, standing with a German Shepherd dog in front of
a passenger train car in a train station in Chicago, Illinois. Two reporters
and a group of men and women are standing in the background.
NOTES
This
photonegative taken by a
Chicago
Daily News negatives collection, DDN-0083366. Courtesy of the
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1928.
SUMMARY
Informal full-length portrait of a German Shepherd dog
jumping over the leg of Martha Sleeper, dark exposure. Sleeper is standing on a lawn in
front of a building in
NOTES
This
photonegative taken by a
Chicago
Daily News negatives collection, DN-0084931. Courtesy of the
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1928.
SUMMARY
Informal full-length portrait of a German Shepherd dog
jumping over the leg of Martha Sleeper, light exposure. Sleeper is standing on a lawn in
front of a building in
NOTES
This
photonegative taken by a
Chicago
Daily News negatives collection, DN-0084930. Courtesy of the
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1928.
SUMMARY
Full-length
portrait of Gwen Lee sitting outdoors on a wall in Chicago, Illinois, next to a
German Shepherd dog. Trees and a building are visible in the background, and a
bush and a cactus plant are visible in the foreground.
NOTES
This
photonegative taken by a
Chicago
Daily News negatives collection, DN-0084857. Courtesy of the
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1928.
SUMMARY
Full-length
portrait of Gwen Lee sitting outdoors on a wall in
NOTES
This
photonegative taken by a
Chicago
Daily News negatives collection, DN-0084858. Courtesy of the
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1928.
SUMMARY
Full-length
portrait of Gwen Lee sitting outdoors on a wall in
NOTES
This
photonegative taken by a
Chicago
Daily News negatives collection, DN-0084879. Courtesy of the
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1928.
SUMMARY
Full-length
portrait of Edward R. Litsinger, attorney and member
of the
NOTES
This
photonegative taken by a
Chicago
Daily News negatives collection, DN-0085387. Courtesy of the
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1928.
SUMMARY
Full-length portrait of Edward R. Litsinger,
attorney and member of the
NOTES
This
photonegative taken by a
Chicago
Daily News negatives collection, DN-0085388. Courtesy of the
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1928.
SUMMARY
Full-length portrait of Edward R. Litsinger,
attorney and member of the
NOTES
This
photonegative taken by a
Chicago
Daily News negatives collection, DN-0085389. Courtesy of the
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1927.
SUMMARY
Full-length
portrait of a man, possibly John J. Murphy, sitting in a chair in a manicured
yard in
NOTES
This
photonegative taken by a
Chicago
Daily News negatives collection, DN-0083834. Courtesy of the
Here's a
great picture from the New York Times (
this is P.A.B. Widener of
Images Courtesy
of the Library of Congress and the New York Times
The War
of the Nations (
These
dogs on the French front are very sagacious and are used to hunt up the wounded
at night or in difficult country. They bring back a cap or some article
belonging to the wounded man and lead rescuers to the spot.
Images
Courtesy of the Library of Congress and the New York Times
The New
York Times (
A German Red Cross Corps whose dogs are trained to scent out
the wounded.
Each man
is armed with a rifle and bayonet.
Images
Courtesy of the Library of Congress and the New York Times
The New
York Times (
German
Red Cross Field workers, with their dog. Finding a wounded
soldier.
Images
Courtesy of the Library of Congress and the New York Times
Michael Phipps, Son of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Phipps, out for
a swim at
Images
Courtesy of the Library of Congress and the New York Times
The New
York Times (
General Brusiloff's New Galician Army includes in it's equipment many Red Cross dogs, which have been found
invaluable in recovering wounded on the French front.
Images
Courtesy of the Library of Congress and the New York Times
Images
Courtesy of the Library of Congress and the New York Times