This picture of a girl and her dog really makes me smile. Way back when, this girl and her dog are about the same age. Maybe 9 or so?
The girl was just starting life and the dog was nearing old age. One nice summer day, the photographer from the Minneapolis studio stopped and made an appointment with her Mom to have her girl get her picture made.
You got to have a try on to see if the dress still fits, then you got a shower and shampoo, Mom got out the curlers and rolled your hair up in them (or sometimes rag curlers-easier to sleep on!) You got to wear the locket Grandpa gave you! The girl had never had a mostly white dress in her whole life and she wondered if it came from her cousin. But if it did, she didn't want to know. This girl was a tom-boy and she wouldn't get to wear it outside, she knew that.
Stubby, the little Boston Terrier, required no special treatment for his picture. He had to roll in something terrible before he would ever get a bath, and he didn't like sitting around biding his time on a nice summer day either. Back then there was no leash law, and dogs were everywhere!
After what seemed like forever, the photographer came and made quick work of these two. In a week or two the mail brought the pictures and her Mom loved them, the Dad loved them, the Girl even thought they were pretty good. The dog never said.
Until next time,
Jo
