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1929. "Snow Boy, White House guard dog." Two visitors and an unidentified fur. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
It would be interesting to know if this Scottish terrier was a ancestor of a future White House resident: Fala, FDR's dog!
Did Snow Boy come from Massachusetts or Vermont with Cal and Grace, or was he a D.C. dog?
I didn't even see the second dog at first glance. It does blend with the fur coat. Guess that solves the riddle of what kind of fur it is!
Different era when you could walk right up to the fence and play with the "guard dog" at the White House.
If she attempted to do that today, she would henceforth be known as "Lefty."
It's a friendly dog that lets a stranger hold a paw.
It's hard to tell where the lady's coat ends and her dog begins.
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