English Springer Spaniel at Window, American Home Interior, 1950s

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English Springer Spaniel at Window, American Home Interior, 1950s — Archive & Atlas

Unattributed 1950–1959

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Something outside has demanded this dog's complete professional attention. The spaniel holds its nose up with the focused gravity of an animal that has detected a development of real importance — a neighbor, a squirrel, a postal worker pursuing his rounds — and has decided that the situation requires monitoring from inside the house, which is the safest possible arrangement for everyone.

The domestic interior behind him is exactly what a 1950s American living room was supposed to look like: venetian blinds doing their best against the afternoon, drapes in that mid-century botanical print that appeared in approximately forty percent of all curtain fabric sold between 1948 and 1962. The floor lamp's pole and the cord trailing from the wall outlet are both deployed with the cheerful indifference to trip hazards that characterized an era before anyone had thought seriously about cord management.

English Springer Spaniels were sold to American families throughout the postwar decades on the premise that a gun dog would adapt contentedly to suburban life. This one has adapted. He has claimed the window, established a perimeter, and is conducting surveillance with the intensity of a dog who has completely forgotten he was bred to flush pheasants.

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