Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Strongheart, The Wonder Dog!!

I mistakenly assumed that this vintage print I put in my last post, was of Rin Tin Tin.  How many famous German Shepards are there, anyway?  Well, I was wrong...
I removed the back, as it needs a bit of repair, and I discovered printing on the backside of the image.  It looks like this print is actually an illustration from a book.  According to the printing, this lovely dog is ...
Strongheart, the Wonder Dog!!
Somehow, that is so much cooler!
I have since discovered (I love google) that this came from a childrens book written by Lawrence Trimble in 1926, titled Strongheart - the Story of a Wonderdog.

2 comments:

  1. How fun! I would have assumed it was Rin Tin Tin too. Don't you just love learning some of the history behind things you buy?

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  2. My favorite book is about Strongheart. It is called "Kinship With All Life" by J.Allen Boone. He also wrote a book called "Letters to Strongheart". He took care of this amazing dog and had a special relationship!

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