Pipe puffing puppies puzzle proud possessor / photo by Underwood & Underwood. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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A window into the past: Pipe puffing puppies puzzle proud possessor / photo by Underwood & Underwood., preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Pipe puffing puppies puzzle proud possessor / photo by Underwood & Underwood.
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Puppies with tobacco pipes make this Washington, D.C., scene stand apart from the usual dog portrait, and the title, *Pipe puffing puppies puzzle proud possessor*, signals the joke. Underwood & Underwood, a firm best known for stereographs and news pictures, made the photograph in 1933. Staged animal humor like this was popular in that decade, when newspapers and magazines liked lighthearted images. Children also appear in the picture, a reminder that such arranged scenes were meant as family amusements to be enjoyed as jokes rather than read as documentation.
| Created / published | 1933 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1930-1940. |
| Notes | No. 84458 RU. |
| Subjects | Dogs--Washington (D.C.)--1930-1940. Smoking--1930-1940. Tobacco pipes--1930-1940. Animals in human situations--1930-1940. Children--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,291 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-184693 |
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