Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: HUTTEN
Event Date: ca. 1939-45
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.115774

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: 9947; handwritten: This is a dogs war job. This Dog is / specially trained to guard the messenger’s / bicycle; handwritten: 2nd WW / Engld. Animals; handwritten: 3-16-1; handwritten: WWII / England / Military - Trained dogs; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / Hutten [handwritten] / from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING, NEW YORK; handwritten: 11 7/8”; stamped: BLACK STAR / CLIFFORDS INN, FLEET STREET / LONDON, E.C.4. / PICTURE ON LOAN; typed label: TRAINING DOGS FOR WARTIME MESSENGER. / 17. Dogs are trained not to allow anyone near the / messenger’s bycicle [sic]; handwritten: H

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: WWII ENGLAND / MILITARY DOGS AND HORSES
Retouching: N