Today is the Fourth of July, and it wouldn’t be complete without an installment of The Archives and another historical pit bull terrier representing the United States. Archive #9 is a postcard produced during the onset of WWI, by artist Wallace Robinson.
The attached press photo appeared in a side story by an American media company – ACME Newspictures, dated November 2, 1933. In Archive #7, we will discuss this unexpected interspecies relationship between a Boston Bulldog named Peaches and a wild rabbit.
For nearly a century, generations of children grew up watching some version of a pit bull dog named Pete the Pup. In Archive #6, we take a look at the real life dog who played the character of Pete in the Our Gang comedy series.
Given that today is Memorial Day, it provides us with an opportunity to showcase a pit bull terrier representing the U.S. and its values for the next installment of The Archives. There’s plenty to choose from, too, but for Archive #5 we settled on this well known 1915 WWI propaganda poster by artist – Wallace Robinson.
In this blog series – The Archives, we are going to explore the pit bull dog debate through vintage items of yesteryear. There’s a story in these artifacts that will help paint a more accurate picture of the complicated history of pit bull terriers, and how we got here.
In this third episode – titled “The Fight Against Dogfighting“, of this inaugural season of the “I Am Human. This Is My Dog.” podcast, we pivot back to the topic of dogfighting in the direct aftermath of the Michael Vick.
In this first episode – “The Prelude“, of this inaugural season of the “I Am Human. This Is My Dog.” podcast, we focus primarily on the events that transpired immediately before and after the Michael Vick dogfighting case began in the spring of 2007.
