Chopper Checkup at the Zoo, 1954
This post was originally published on this siteDespite the wonderful pain-killing techniques developed recently in the field of dentistry, most people are still frightened to […]
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Overdose of Love: Adorable Photos of Children Showing Their Affection For Baby Animals
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1953, the Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo opened a new children’s section stocked with baby animals. LIFE’s article was […]
The Story Behind the Photograph of Greta Garbo Posing With MGM’s Leo the Lion, 1926
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1925, Greta Garbo signed a contract with Louis B. Mayer’s MGM studios and came to the United […]
Little Girl Having a Tea Party With a Lobster and a Hawk in 1938
This post was originally published on this site“Anna and her family lived alone on an island. She enjoyed having tea time with her friends the […]
Rare Photographs of Marianne Faithfull Posing With Her Pet Dalmatian at Home in 1964
This post was originally published on this siteThese photographs are from a UK magazine that had a small article about Marianne Faithfull’s first year of […]
25 Fascinating Pictures of Famous People Walking Their Dogs in New York in 1944
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1944, LIFE magazine made a bold suggestion that dogs in the city were better off than those […]
Ray Weishaar Posing With the Original HOG Johnnie
This post was originally published on this siteHave you ever wondered where HOG came from? This is Ray Weishaar with the original hog – the […]
22 Adorable Vintage Pictures Showing Children’s Love For Animals
This post was originally published on this siteWhile many things have aged poorly over the past few decades, some still stay just the same today, […]
Civil War Faces: Vintage Photos of Cavalry Soldiers in the 1860s
This post was originally published on this siteThe American Civil War saw cavalry tactics move largely away from the offensive towards the defensive, with the […]
Bull Train, 1912
This post was originally published on this siteBefore the railway, bull trains were used to haul large quantities of goods. A bull train consisted of […]
Adorable Pictures of Baby, the Award-Winning Seeing-Eye Persian Cat
This post was originally published on this siteWe can only imagine the reasons why Carolyn Swanson forewent the traditional seeing-eye dog in favor of a […]
Baby Bottles Feed Young Porkers, 1931
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1931, when a family of his young porkers were orphaned at the age of two days, John […]
Michael Jackson and His Pet Chimp Bubbles
This post was originally published on this siteBubbles (born April 30, 1983) is a chimpanzee once kept as a pet by Michael Jackson, who bought […]
36 Historical Photos of Animals in World War I
This post was originally published on this siteOver 16 million animals served in the First World War. They were used for transport, communication and companionship. […]
Still Portraits of Alfred Hitchcock Posing With Birds in Promotion for His Film, ‘The Birds’
This post was originally published on this siteThe Birds is a 1963 American natural horror-thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Loosely based on […]
Searching the future feline star: The black cat audition in Hollywood, 1961
This post was originally published on this siteThese photos were taken by legendary LIFE photographer Ralph Crane in 1961 and document the audition for a […]
1986 Calendar Featuring Morris the Cat, the World’s Most Finicky Cat
This post was originally published on this siteLong before internet memes, there was Morris the Cat, the advertising mascot for 9Lives brand cat food, appearing […]
Rare Historical Photos of War Dogs Wearing Canine Gas Masks
This post was originally published on this siteThere was nothing more terrifying in the trenches than the call of a gas attack. Soldiers succumbed to […]
Vintage Photographs of Actors Posing With Chimps
This post was originally published on this siteSome of these posed photographs may have been related to whatever production the star was doing at the […]
Adorable vintage photographs of animals dressed up as people, 1910s
This post was originally published on this siteAmerican photographer Harry Whittier Frees created novelty postcards with his photographs of animals placed in human situations. This […]
In the 1920s, a Soviet Doctor Removed a Dog’s Head and Kept It Alive Without Its Body
This post was originally published on this siteUntil now, it’s clear that humans are totally obsessed with performing weird experiments especially, on dogs. Another one […]
Pooch is Up to His Neck in Automobile, 1954
This post was originally published on this siteEuropean cars are small and have no room for large dogs, so an ingenious dog lover has converted […]
In 1939, Swallowing Live Goldfish Became a Wildly Popular Fad Among College Students
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1939, a freshman named Lothrop Withington, Jr., reportedly bragged to his friends that he had once eaten […]
Pull Over Rover! A Dog Driving A Car?
This post was originally published on this siteA passing policeman might have done a double-take, as did the photographer. Fear not. The steady hand on […]
Woman Kisses Her Pet Goldfish, 1944
This post was originally published on this siteFinny, the goldfish, bestows on his mistress, Mrs. George Wolfe, Des Moines, Iowa, his usual good morning kiss. […]