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From the Newfoundland Archives
« on: August 27, 2005, 08:04:25 pm »
A young boy with a St. Bernard-Newfoundland dog.
This 19th-century photo was labelled "A. Leonberg St. Bernard-Newfoundland Dog"

Courtesy of the Centre for Newfoundland Studies Archives (Coll - 199, 1.136), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland.

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Re: From the Newfoundland Archives
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2005, 09:47:55 pm »
Wow, neat photo!  You're right--the little boy does look pretty disgruntled!   :)

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Re: From the Newfoundland Archives
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2005, 11:46:40 pm »
I think they both look dirty- like they were playing in the mud and the doggy got more mud than the little boy.  ;D
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Re: From the Newfoundland Archives
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2005, 09:11:49 am »
I LOVE that photo...and that the child looks so suspicious.  Bet he's been knocked down a time or two by that giant head!!

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Re: From the Newfoundland Archives
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2005, 10:25:09 am »
I bet it's a gaseous issue.
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