[Dogs dressed as humans and posed in human situations]: puppy using washboard to wash clothes – Historic Reproduction
![[Dogs dressed as humans and posed in human situations]: puppy using washboard to wash clothes — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9a/9a9118a41802-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 washboard to wash clothes, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Dogs dressed as humans and posed in human situations]: puppy using washboard to wash clothes
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A young puppy stands at a washboard, scrubbing a small bundle of laundry, a chore that was a daily routine in many households before electric washing machines became common. Pictures like this belong to a popular early twentieth-century genre of staged photographs in which dogs were dressed in clothing and posed in ordinary human roles, often for novelty cards and humorous illustrations. The joke depends on the contrast between the animal's serious expression and the very human work it is made to perform. Around 1914, such pictures were widely circulated and offer a useful glimpse of how people amused themselves with pets and domestic life.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | c1914. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,184 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-135912 |
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