Our national dog-show
Subject(s): Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886, Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898, Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887, Bennett, James Gordon, 1841-1918, Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893, Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893, Cameron, J. D. (James Donald), 1833-1918, Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908, Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888, Curtis, George William, 1824-1892, Dana, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1819-1897, Davis, David, 1815-1886, Dog shows, Edson, Franklin, 1832-1904, Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901, Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892, Gould, Jay, 1836-1892, Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885, Halstead, Murat, 1829-1908, Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886, Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893, Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904, Kelly, John, 1821-1886, Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886, Low, Seth, 1850-1916, Mahone, William, 1826-1895, Newspaper editors, Platt, Thomas Collier, 1833-1910, Politicians, Presidents--Elections, Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912, Robeson, George M. (George Maxwell), 1829-1897, Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906, Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886, Vanderbilt, William H. (William Henry), 1821-1885, Watterson, Henry, 1840-1921
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At a dog show, a variety of breeds are competing. In the upper left corner, labeled the “Judges’ Stand,” are several newspaper editors, including James Gordon Bennett, Whitelaw Reid, Murat Halstead, Charles A. Dana, Henry Watterson, and George W. Curtis. They are judging two dogs, Winfield Scott Hancock and Samuel J. Tilden. Other dogs depicted are “Sesquipedalian Sleuth Hound Evarts, Mulligan Mongrel, Rossa Runt – take care dangerous, Lap Dogs Monopoly Breed”, also Chester A. Arthur, William Mahone, Thomas Collier Platt, Roscoe Conkling, James D. Cameron, John Logan, “Pointer Bayard, Tammany Tarrier, House Dog Edson, Dachshund, Toby Dog, Poodle, Water-dog,” David Davis, U.S. Grant, “Tewksbury Ratter, Hoar-Hound, Hybrid Hayes” and at center, “Puck’s entry Cleveland [and] S. Low.”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1883-05-09
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Period
New York State Assemblyman (1882-May 1884)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
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1
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Image
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Chicago:
Our national dog-show. [May 9, 1883]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o288220. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896. Our national dog-show. [9 May. 1883]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o288220.
APA:
Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896., [1883, May 9]. Our national dog-show.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o288220.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
APA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
