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Dogs in Advertisements Famous prior to 1940

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Sensation; famous dog in Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Nipper; famous dog in ads, The Gramophone Company Blackie and Whitey; famous dog in ads, Black and White Tige; famous dog in TV, comics, ads, Buster Brown Lady Geryhound; famous dog in ads, Greyhound Lines Bingo; famous dog in ads, Cracker Jacks Bonzo the dog; famous dog in movie, comics, ads, advertisements Frankie; famous dog in Frankenmuth Brewery 

The number of Dogs in Advertisements Famous prior to 1940 is 8

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famous dog in Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

NAME: Sensation

Representative dog image for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. A dog named Don which had won bench championships in England in 1875 and 1876, became the symbolic image for the Kennel Club because of the 1935 steel engraving of “Sensation” by artist J. Wellstood. From 1980-1982, a head study of the dog gained popularity. (More about Sensation.)

BREED: Pointer

YEARS: Dog: 1870s.

In Kennel catalog: 1936- now.

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famous dog in ads, The Gramophone Company

NAME: Nipper

In advertisements for The Gramophone Company, then RCA. (More about Nipper.)

BREED: Terrier

mix

YEARS: Dog: 1884-1895.

Ads: early 1900-1977.

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famous dog in ads, Black and White

NAME: Blackie and Whitey

The two mascots in the advertisement for Black and White; a blended Scotch whisky, originally produced by the London-based James Buchanan & Co Ltd.

BREED: Scottish Terrier

and a Westie

YEARS: Ads: 1890s.

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famous dog in TV, comics, ads, Buster Brown

NAME: Tige

In advertising and in the comic strip Buster Brown; about a mischievous young boy and his dog; created by Richard Felton Outcault and on radio and in the TV series. Adopted as mascot by Brown Shoe Company.

BREED: Pit Bull Terrier

YEARS: Comic strip: 1901-1921.

Ads: 1904-now.

Radio: 1943-1954.

TV series: 1951-1953.

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famous dog in ads, Greyhound Lines

NAME: Lady Geryhound

In advertisements for Greyhound Lines bus company. (More about Lady Greyhound.)

BREED: Greyhound

YEARS: Ads: since 1914.

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famous dog in ads, Cracker Jacks

NAME: Bingo

In advertisements for Cracker Jacks, a U.S. brand of snack consisting of caramel-coated popcorn and peanuts.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Ads: 1918- 2021.

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famous dog in movie, comics, ads, advertisements

NAME: Bonzo the dog

A comic strip dog famous for branded advertisements created by British artist George E. Studdy in 1924 as an animated film short. The character was crafted in all kinds of merchandise.

BREED: Mixed breed

YEARS: Movie short: 1924.

Comic strip: 1926.

Ads: 1924-1927.

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famous dog in Frankenmuth Brewery

NAME: Frankie

In advertising for the Frankenmuth Brewery, a brewery and restaurant in Frankenmuth, one of the oldest breweries in Michigan.

BREED: Dachshund

YEARS: Advertising: 1930's.

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