Pets in the Archives: Cats and Dogs and Alligators… Oh my!
Pets in the Archives: Cats and Dogs and Alligators… Oh my!
April 11, 2023 By Lesley Brooks
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From cats and dogs to lizards and snakes, pets enrich our lives and bring us happiness on a daily basis.Nothing is better than coming home after a long day and being met at the door by an excited pet, readyto give you snuggles. As proud pet moms, the authors of Digital Dialogs would like to celebrate National Pet Day with a look at beloved pets as seen through our USF Libraries’Digital Collections.
Take a stroll through the archives below:
Detail of photo at left.Stokes, C. H., “Florida Pioneer Cabin” (2021). Stokes Collection of Florida Plant Railway Photographs. Image 14. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/stokes/14Wagner, Francis G. and Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, “Bulletin board photo of photo of girl surrounded by foliage with dog (German shepherd?)” (2022). Francis G. Wagner’s St. Petersburg Photographs. Image 123. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/wagner/123Slaymaker, Archibald Clarke, “One of the Slaymaker men riding a horse” (1890). Archibald Slaymaker Glass Plate Negative Collection. Image 43. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/slaymaker/43Smith, Bobby, 1923-2008, “Mary holding a black cat” (1950). Bobby Smith Photograph Collection. Image 54. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/bobbysmith/54Wagner, Francis G. and Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, “Bulletin board photo of photo of cat on front steps of house” (2022). Francis G. Wagner’s St. Petersburg Photographs. Image 133. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/wagner/133Wagner, Francis G. and Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, “Betty sitting on steps outside house, holding Uppy the puppy” (1927). Francis G. Wagner’s St. Petersburg Photographs. Image 219. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/wagner/219Wagner, Francis G. and Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, “Dick playing in grass with Uppy the puppy” (1929). Francis G. Wagner’s St. Petersburg Photographs. Image 487. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/wagner/487
Dunn, Hampton and University of South Florida — Tampa Campus Library, “Taking home a family pet, live alligator, St. Petersburg, Fla” (2021). Hampton Dunn Collection of Florida Postcards. Image 2431. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/dunn_postcards/2431Wagner, Francis G. and Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, “Bulletin board photo of photo of young girl with spotted dog, two women, and seated man on grass outside building(s) number 2118? with striped awnings” (2022). Francis G. Wagner’s St. Petersburg Photographs. Image 122. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/wagner/122Slaymaker, Archibald Clarke, “Dog wading in a small pond surrounded by a fence” (1890). Archibald Slaymaker Glass Plate Negative Collection. Image 44. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/slaymaker/44Ensminger Brothers, “Men and a dog in front of palm fronds” (1898). Ensminger Brothers Spanish-American War Photographs. Image 29. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ensminger/29Robertson and Fresh, “Man crouching next to a dog on a beach” (1940). Robertson and Fresh Collection of Tampa Photographs. Image 1490. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/robertson_and_fresh/1490Smith, Bobby, 1923-2008, “Kay Thompson holding a small dog” (1960). Bobby Smith Photograph Collection. Image 214. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/bobbysmith/214Hillsborough County ELAPP, “Dog standing in Alafia River”. Environmental Lands Acquisition and Protection Program Collection. USF Libraries. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/elapp/99/Hillsborough County ELAPP, “Dogs in hardwood forest at Alafia River”. Environmental Lands Acquisition and Protection Program Collection. USF Libraries. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/elapp/443/
