Dogs
How to find a dog
The article says that Clara Peters was a housewife, which seems unlikely given the nature of her public offer. But who knows.
Alberni Valley Times - Aug 13, 1974
Posted By: Alex - Mon Oct 09, 2023 -
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Category: Dogs, 1970s, Love & Romance
Follies of the Madmen #577
How we did things before there was CGI.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 09, 2023 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Food, Advertising, Dogs, 1960s
Result of artificial sleep in a biological experiment
In the 1950s, reports came out of the Soviet Union about an unusual experiment in which a dog's life was radically lengthened by putting it into an artificial sleep for three months.The research was done by S.N. Braines (I have no idea what "S.N." stands for). I believe that he reported his results in a 1952 article titled, "Result of artificial sleep in a biological experiment," published in a Soviet journal. But I can't be sure because I can't find the text of the article.
The results he achieved sound unlikely to me.
Omaha World-Herald - Oct 17, 1958
Text from Main Street, U.S.S.R. (1959), by Irving R. Levine
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 26, 2023 -
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Category: Sleep and Dreams, Experiments, Dogs, 1950s, Longevity
Chimera Car
Genetic engineering has gone too far!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 25, 2023 -
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Category: Advertising, Surrealism, Dogs, 1960s, Cars
Struck by falling dog
I posted a few days ago about a woman who was struck by a sheep that fell off a bridge. Here's a similar (but fatal) case of a motorcyclist hit by a dog that fell off a bridge.So, while I knew that people being hit by falling humans is a recurring phenomenon, evidently so is people being hit by falling animals.
Rapid City Journal - July 18, 1993
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jun 27, 2023 -
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Category: Accidents, Death, Dogs, 1990s
The Dog Factory
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 13, 2023 -
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Category: Movies, Technology, Dogs, 1900s
Trick Bass Viol
I would have enjoyed seeing the dogs emerge from the viol itself, but--as I interpret the patent--they are in the box at the base of the instrument. Still, a musical instrument filled with beer is also acceptable.Original patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 06, 2023 -
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Category: Magic and Illusions and Sleight of Hand, Music, Patents, Dogs, 1900s, Alcohol
Puppidog Water for the face
In her 1690 pamphlet Mundus Muliebris, Mary Evelyn included a recipe for a woman's facial lotion. She called it "Puppidog Water for the Face":The recipe was intended to be satirical, but Fenja Gunn, in her 1973 book The Artificial Face: A History of Cosmetics, notes that it was satire rooted in contemporary realities — notably the persistent rumor that Elizabeth I's pomade was made from puppy dog fat, and the seventeenth-century belief that drinking puppy dog urine was good for the complexion.
Some more info about puppy dogs used as moisturizers can be found on the Early Modern Medicine blog:
Takes Sallet Oil four pound, two Puppy-dogs newly whelped, Earthworms washed in white Wine one pound; boil the Whelps til they fall in pieces then put in the worms a while after strain it, then with three ounces of Cypress Turpentine, and one ounce of Spirits of Wine, perfect the Oil according to Art.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Feb 05, 2023 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Dogs, Seventeenth Century
Dogs in Uniform
For prices starting at around $400 (converted from £330), you can get an oil painting of your dog in uniform.No mention of cats in uniform, but I'm guessing that if you're willing to pay for it, they'd be willing to paint it.
More info: Fabulous Masterpieces
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jan 07, 2023 -
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Category: Art, Military, Dogs
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