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Feline friend

Norma Drew holding a cat, around 1925
Norma Drew holding a cat, around 1925

 

Since we saw a photo of Rose Delano with a litter of puppies earlier this month, it’s only fair to see a feline friend too! Here is Norma Drew holding a rather patient cat in her arms.

 

Source: Image from the Emily Fuller Drew Collection (MC16).

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Puppies

Rose B. Delano with dogs and puppies, circa 1900
Rose B. Delano with dogs and puppies, c. 1900

Here’s an especially fun photograph to enjoy. It’s clear from the blurriness that the puppies were on the move—as puppies usually are. Rose (Blair) Delano is holding one of them, while a stoic hound sits by her side.

 

Source: Image from the Delano Photograph Collection (IC11).

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Olly-olly oxen-free!

Or, as Johnny Cash might sing, “I got livestock, I got livestock.”

Walter Faunce and his double yoke of oxen on Wapping Road, no date.
Walter Faunce and his double yoke on Wapping Road, no date.
"Patrons of Husbandry" parade float, 1919.
"Patrons of Husbandry" parade float, 1919.
Michael McGrath and his team at the Bailey Playground, 1925.
Michael McGrath and his team at the Bailey Playground, 1926.
Horatio Adams' oxen, no date.
Horatio Adams' oxen, no date.
Eugene Malone with Joseph Holmes' team on Summer Street, 1900.
Eugene Malone with Joseph Holmes' team on Summer Street, 1900.