Breakfast in Bed-- Cute Animal Postcards from 1907 & 1908

In 1907, Raphael Tuck and Sons published a series of six Postcards featuring animal couples having breakfast in bed. The happy looking animals are drinking tea and have foods they would presumably enjoy, such as a robin and mice for the cats, biscuits for the spaniels, porridge for the three bears and mushrooms for the frogs. (Strangely the geese and chickens both have eggs on their trays.) The cards were sold in the USA and Great Britain, with some designs also being sold in Canada, Italy and France. The series must have been popular, because another series was released in 1908, and more sets appeared in later years. Some were plain, others were sold as Christmas or New Year's cards, and others were sold as souvenir postcards at various British resorts. Featured here are cards from the first two series in 1907 and 1908. Images are courtesy of tuckdb.org. (Link)

Presidential Pets

Theodore Roosevelt and Family with Dog Skip (1907)

Many U.S. Presidents have had dogs and other pets, but in recent years, public interest in "First Dogs" and "First Cats" has grown, and Presidential pets have become increasingly well-known to the general public. These beloved animals help to reveal a more human, down to earth side of their famous owners, and they add a little joy and fun into the serious business of the White House. Images of Presidential pets are courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Benjamin Harrison's Dog Dash

Herbert Hoover and King Tut (Belgian Shepherd)

Grace Coolidge with Laddie Back (Airedale) and Rob Roy (Collie)

Warren Harding's Airedale Terrier Laddie Boy

Franklin Roosevelt and his Scottish Terrier Fala

The Kennedy Family with Their Dogs

Richard Nixon's Dogs

Gerald Ford With His Golden Retriever Liberty

 Rex Reagan (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel)

Millie Bush, George H.W. Bush's English Springer Spaniel

Socks Clinton, Bill Clinton's Cat

Buddy Clinton, Bill Clinton's Chocolate Lab

Barney Bush, George W. Bush's Scottish Terrier

India Bush, George W. Bush's Cat

Bo Obama, Barack Obama's Portuguese Water Dog

Bo and Sunny Obama, Portuguese Water Dogs

Happy Puppies--Postcards From 1908

Good Morning Mr.Bacon

Cute animals have always been a favorite subject for illustrators and photographers. And although human fashions change, pets stay pretty much the same, and are universally beloved. This wonderful postcard series is called "Happy Puppies". Published by Raphael Tuck and Sons in 1908, the Postcards feature timeless images of cute puppies, some kitten friends and a toy pig. All images from www.tuckdb.org (Link)

Who's Coming?

                           

We Are Seven

                             

We Are All Engaged

Mischief

Chums

Vintage Snow Postcard Images

Hoe's Sauce (1903)

In honor of the Blizzard of 2016, I am featuring snow images from vintage postcards by Raphael Tuck & Sons, the world's largest postcard publisher in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Images courtesy of tuckdb.org.

Boy In Snow With Two Dogs (1905)

Children Playing In the Snow (1921)

Dachshund Follows Child On Toboggan (1912)

My Heart's Delight (1908)

Her First Snow (1907)

In Deep Snow (1912)

 

Two's Company by Agnes Richardson (1913)

Snowmen Wave to A Zeppelin

Greenport, Long Island, New York (1904)

Two Roped Mountain Climbers (1919)

Horses In the Snow (1911)

Simla Bazaar (India) Under Snow (1918)

Couple Kissing In the Snow (1904)

Winter In the Mountains (1908)

Girl Flies Through the Air On Skis (1913)