Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
Photo: Canine Nanny Takes Baby for a Stroll
I’m on a history kick, pouring over photographs in the Library of Congress American Memory collection.
Here we see a dog, Jack the Comet, pushing a baby stroller on a Chicago sidewalk. Why? Visit the Chicago Historical Society, browse through its archive of the Chicago Daily News for the year 1929 on microfiche and let us all know. I’d really like to know.
Hey, anyone notice that the LOC’s American Memory collection is a bit absent-minded?
- Dog standing [pop-up image] (pictured at right)
- Dog mugging for the camera [pop-up image]
- Dog adjusting the baby’s blanket [pop-up image]


