Photographs I: Vintage Pit Bull

America's favorite dog up to the 1960s. Pointlessly and needlessly victimized by a public that salivates for stories of crazed monster dogs. Did you know that…

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Libby Hall, Collector Of Dog Photography

Vintage Pit Bull

an old black and white photo of a man petting a dog on the nose

American Pitbull Terrier

Pit Bull Terrier

Vintage Dog

Roscoe Arbuckle and Luke the (Pit Bull) wonder dog. Somewhere on this board is a photo of, if I remember correctly, Buster Keaton and Luke.

WWII era tin toy reminding us that it was a Pit bull that represented the USA. G.I. Joe and his K-9 Pups

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Bud, the pit bull who accompanied Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson and Sewall K. Crocker on the first cross-country road trip in 1903.

there is a man that is standing next to a pool with an alligator in it

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Breaking the vintage rule, but he's so cute that he's being pinned here anyway...

an old black and white photo of two people with a dog in front of them

Shorpy Historical Photos

Fancies and fictions of Anna Chronique

Circa 1908. “Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kern and trained (Pit Bull) Bobbie.” 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company

an old fashion photo of a woman and her dog posing for a portrait in front of a painting

Staffordshire Terriers

Pitt Bull

Staffordshire Terrier

Liz Eckmann's favorites

Edwardian woman with her perky Pit Bull.

an old black and white photo of a woman sitting on rocks next to a dog

Bull Pictures

Bulldog Pictures

Military Dogs

American Staffordshire

Brown Dog

old photos, young kids

Lincoln Taft’s Photography Find

an old photo of two men standing next to a white pipe on a ship with a woman in it

Bull Mascot

Horrible People

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Unknown date and location. Sailor with ship's Pit Bull mascot.

a woman standing next to a dog on top of a grass covered field in front of a tree

English Bull Terriers

Hispanic Heritage

Bull Terriers

English Bull

Dolores Del Rio and her Pit Bull

a woman sitting next to a brown and white dog

Hand colored photo of 1920s actress Mary Nolan with a helpful Pit Bull

an old photo of a man with a top hat and cane standing next to a dog

Man with cane, c. 1860s, cabinet card. This man chose to have himself photographed as a stylish gentleman, from his top hat to his elegant suit and shined shoes. The Pit Bull may be his or belong to the photographer. (From the Burns Archive collection of historic African American photographs)