You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog

Photograph of Lee Simmons and her dog, Lady, Photograph by: Hughey J. Battelle, 2013.46.25.235. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph of Billie Holiday and her dog Mister ca. 1948, Photograph by: David Hawkins, 2013.46.25.89. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

'Pet Wash Laundry - 10 cents a pound!' - Los Angeles has a dog and cat laundry where they scrub 'em in a tub and hang 'em up to dry. Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

2001 Iditarod poster, 2014.0116.24. Division of Cultural and Community Life, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Theodore Roosevelt with unidentified group of men in field with dogs. Smithsonian Institution Archives. Image # MAH-49700.

Girl and Dog, 1942-43, by Milton Avery, Acc. No. 66.125. Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

“A thrice-told tale”, Two girls and their dog on a Hawaiian beach, undated - from NAA.MS4558, NAA INV 01104500, Alice Cunningham Fletcher and Francis La Flesche papers, 1873-1939

Barbara Bush (with Millie), Diana Walker, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Diana Walker, NPG.2011.50

Side view of Shakir Jerwan and his dog Monoplane in the cockpit of an airplane. "The first dog to fly" is written on the back of the photograph. July 31, 1912. Monoplane is smoking a cigar. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM 93-14656)

Left side view of tail of the Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis" (r/n N-X-211); a dog peers at the camera at the left of the frame; circa 1927. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM USAF-118023AC)

Caption from Torch: "Shown here at graduation ceremonies held September 24 for the Smithsonian's K-9 Corps Class No. 2 are (front to back) John Krob with his dog Heinz, Harold Jamerson with Willie, David Miller with Lobo, and Dee Proctor with Sabath. Watching the dogs put through their paces are Jay Chambers, chief, Protection Division; Julian Euell, assistant secretary for public service; Charles Blitzer, assistant secretary for history and art; and Richard Ault, director of support activities. The graduation ceremony held at the Metropolitan Police Training Academy, included a field demonstration by the graduating class and the presentation of Certificates of Appreciation to the donors of the dogs." Smithsonian Institution Archives. Image # 76-14922-24A.