White House Dogs [c. 1929]

posted August 29th by pete g

White House Dogs

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A while back I showed you the White House cat. Today you get to meet the White House Dogs. Meet King Tut, Whoopie, and Englehurst Gillette; the dogs of President Herbert Hoover.

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  • 1 Tiffany! // Aug 29, 2008 at 9:24 am

    I really hope that Whoopie is the morose looking one on the right.
    Great pic,Pete. Thanks

  • 2 beth // Aug 29, 2008 at 9:55 am

    @Tiff: I feel like that is Englehurst. I think Whoopie is the one in the middle, I also think he got short-changed on his name.

  • 3 phil // Aug 29, 2008 at 11:29 am

    Who is the guy who is with them? It’s messed up he isn’t even referred to in the caption. He had to pick up so much dogshit.

  • 4 jake // Aug 29, 2008 at 11:53 am

    “Englehurst Gillette”!?! Wow…

  • 5 tarbot // Aug 29, 2008 at 1:51 pm

    @phil that’s what i was thinking… also look at his face…he is totally thinking “goddamn dogs got my pants dirty. i’m too old for this shit”

  • 6 phil // Nov 6, 2009 at 11:08 am

    More depression-era dogs here:

    http://dreamdogsart.typepad.com/art/2009/10/dogs-of-the-great-depression.html

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