6 Antique Dog Stereoviews Hunting Dogs Puppies Cats Children Kilburn 1880s For Sale

Offered is an interesting group of six original antique stereoview photographs featuring dogs, including hunting and sporting dogs, children with their pets, puppies, and a charming animal group with a cat.

The views include:

• “Gentle Annie” — B. W. Kilburn, copyright 1886. A young girl affectionately embracing a large dog.

• “Little Mothers” — Strohmeyer & Wyman, copyright 1895. Two children with a mother dog and her puppies, posed before a Victorian porch.

• “The Old Man\'s Friends,” No. 4700 — B. W. Kilburn, copyright 1888. An elderly gentleman seated with two dogs.

• “Waiting for the Command,” No. 583 — B. L. Singley, Meadville, Pennsylvania, copyright 1898. A particularly attractive winter sporting scene showing a hunter holding a shotgun with two hunting dogs in deep snow.

• Untitled dark-mounted stereoview — An interesting photograph of several dogs resting with a cat near a wooden building. An old handwritten caption appears across the image.

• “The Smiles of Home, Home Sweet Home,” No. 4745 — B. W. Kilburn, copyright 1888. A young girl seated outdoors with several dogs and a cat.

These original 19th-century stereoscopic photographs offer an appealing glimpse into Victorian attitudes toward companion animals, sporting dogs, family life, and sentimental animal photography.

Condition: Mixed antique condition. Cards show varying degrees of age toning, fading, spotting, scratches, surface wear, and corner and edge wear. Several retain very good image detail, particularly the winter hunting scene. Please examine all photographs carefully for exact condition.

Six original period stereoviews, sold together as one group. No reproductions.