[Dogs dressed as humans and posed in human situations]: puppy using sawhorse to saw wood – Vintage Wall Art
![[Dogs dressed as humans and posed in human situations]: puppy using sawhorse to saw wood — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7a/7a38dae84122-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with [Dogs dressed as humans and posed in human situations]: puppy using sawhorse to saw wood, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Dogs dressed as humans and posed in human situations]: puppy using sawhorse to saw wood
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A young puppy works a saw across a sawhorse, cast as a carpenter's helper in a scene that is meant to look like ordinary human labor. The picture belongs to a popular genre of staged animal photographs from the early 1900s, in which dogs were dressed in clothing and arranged in everyday situations for amusement. Such novelty images circulated widely as cards and prints, and their humor depends on the contrast between the animal's small, earnest body and the adult chore it is performing. The props and the pup's careful stance do most of the storytelling.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | c1914. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,176 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-135911 |
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