What is a pet? A companion. A friend. A member of the family. They provide so much comfort and enhance our lives on a daily basis.
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:
Unknown, “Lue Gim Gong and Visitors Petting Horse” (1886). Lue Gim Gong Collection – Images. Image 82. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/lue_gim_gong_images/82Unknown, “Lue Gim Gong and his Pet Rooster “March”” (1886). Lue Gim Gong Collection – Images. Image 21. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/lue_gim_gong_images/21Unknown, “Lue Gim Gong and his Pet Rooster on Front Porch” (1886). Lue Gim Gong Collection – Images. Image 25. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/lue_gim_gong_images/25Unknown, “Man Sitting on a Tree Feeding a Dog” (1886). Lue Gim Gong Collection – Images. Image 114. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/lue_gim_gong_images/114Lewis, W. E., “”Pepper” the Cat and “Rags” the Dog” (1886). Lue Gim Gong Collection – Images. Image 134. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/lue_gim_gong_images/134Unknown, “Postcard, Profile of Dog with Women in the Background” (1886). Lue Gim Gong Collection – Images. Image 135. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/lue_gim_gong_images/135Unknown, “Two women Sitting on Porch with a Cat” (1886). Lue Gim Gong Collection – Images. Image 121. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/lue_gim_gong_images/121Unknown, “Woman and Cat in Front of House” (1886). Lue Gim Gong Collection – Images. Image 111. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/lue_gim_gong_images/111Ensminger Brothers, “Men and a Dog in Front of Palm Fronds” (1898). Ensminger Brothers Spanish-American War Photographs. Image 29. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ensminger/29Smith, Bobby, “Dark-haired Person Holding a Dog” (1950). Bobby Smith Photograph Collection. Image 219. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/bobbysmith/219Robertson and Fresh (Firm) and University of South Florida — Tampa Campus Library, “A Riverfront Tampa Residence” (1900). Robertson and Fresh Collection of Tampa Photographs. Image 1739. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/robertson_and_fresh/1739
