MESSYBEAST HISTORICAL PHOTOS & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
Some of the images on these pages come from old books and show the way we interacted with animals between the 1890s and 1930s (approximate dates) as well as some views of life in that less hurried age. Some of the images are fairly large. The other photos are from open air shows and museums. There are also a few recent animal photos. You are welcome to use these to illustrate your own projects or presentations. More old photos are on Flickr .
1855: MENZIES' POCKET GUIDE TO EDINBURGH AND ITS ENVIRONS
1907: BLACK'S GUIDE TO GLASGOW AND THE CLYDE
1892 - 1894: THE LONDON PRINTING AND ENGRAVING CO.
Illustrated London and its Representatives of Commerce, 1893
The Ports of the Bristol Channel: Progress Commerce 1893, Being a Directory of Merchants and Traders
Century’s Progress: Yorkshire (Representatives of Commerce)
Century’s Progress: Lancashire (Representatives of Commerce)
Industrial Great Britain a Commercial Review of Leading Firms Selected from Important Towns of England with Illustrations of England's Prominent Edifices, 1894
Rivers of the North: Their Cities and Their Commerce: the Clyde, Forth, Tay, Tyne, and Tees: maritime enterprise, Manufacturing Energy, Mercantile Activity, 1894
About the London Printing and Engraving Company
1892: ROBINSON, SON & PIKE - Leeds Illustrated - another trade directory from the 1890s
1879: THE CHILDS PICTURE BOOK OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS - WITH TWELVE COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS
1902: PICTORIAL TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD, Compiled and Edited by C. Lang Neil
1883: HISTORIC HOUSES IN BATH, And their Associations, by R.E. Peach
BOOKS BY CHARLES BAKER (1803 - 1874)
CAPTIVE ANIMALS
Nineteenth century and early 20th century books about animal-dealers, menageries, circuses and zoos.
Anon - The Tower Menagerie. Comprising The Natural History Of The Animals Contained In That Establishment (1829)
Babcock - Museum of Foreign Animals (1842)
Barnum - History of Animals & Leading Curiosities Contained in P.T. Barnum's World Fair, 1873 & 1874
Barnum - History of Animals & a Guide to P.T. Barnum's Greatest of All Shows, 1879
Barnum - History of Animals & Leading Curiosities, 1881, 1882, 1883
Barnum - The Life of of P. T. Barnum Written by Himself. (1855)
Barnum - Struggles and Triumphs: Or, Forty Years' Recollections of P. T. Barnum. (1872)
Barnum - The Wild Beasts, Birds and Reptiles Of The World, The Story Of Their Capture, P. T. Barnum. (1889)
Barnum of the Barnum & Bailey Circus- Biography by Joel Benton (1893)
Barnum - Biography by M.R. Werner (1923)
Bostock - The Training of Wild Animals, Frank C. Bostock (1903)
Coup - Sawdust & Spangles. Stories & Secrets of the Circus (1901)
The Greatest Animal Trainer in the World. Half-Hours With Hagenbeck (Westminster Budget, 1893, PDF)
The Greatest Animal Trainer in the World. Half-Hours With Hagenbeck (Westminster Budget, 1893)
Hagenbeck, Carl - Von Tieren und Menschen (1909, PDF, Deutsch)
Hagenbeck, Carl - Animals and Men, Unabridged (1909, English translation 2022)
Hagenbeck, Elliot & Thacker - Beasts and Men, Abridged (1912) including a chapter on Hagenbeck's ostrich farm
Velvin, Ellen - Behind the Scenes With Wild Animals (1906)
Velvin, Ellen - Wild Animal Celebrities (1907)
Velvin, Ellen - From Jungle to Zoo (1914)
BOOKS OF WONDER
PHOTOS INDEX
Boots and Button-hooks - H.E. Randall and Co.
Crochet Hook (Size 0) - Venus brand
Do Animals Reason (1904 article)
Dog breeds in 1853 - Greyhounds, Spaniels, large breeds and lap-dogs (engravings)
Dog breeds in 1853 - Hunting, Herding and Baiting Breeds (engravings)
Dog breeds in the 19th & early 20th Century - Edible Dog, Turnspit Dog & others
Dog breeds in the 19th Century - Terriers, Lundehund, Spaniel, Dachshund
Dog breeds in the 19th Century - Chinese Happa, Japanese Spaniel, Pekinese
Dog breeds in the 19th Century - Miniature Lapdogs (Russian, Mexican)
Dog breeds in the 19th Century - African Hairless Dog
Dog breeds in the 1890s - from old magazines
Dog & Cat Rescue in the 1920s - from old encyclopedias
Dog breeds in the early 20th Century - 1901 - H.C. Brooke's pets, from The Windsor Magazine
Dog breeds in the early 20th Century - 1902 - Dalmatians, from old books
Dog breeds in the early 20th Century - 1909 - from old encyclopedias
Dog breeds in the early 20th Century - 1910 - from old natural history books
Dog breeds in the early 20th Century - 1923 - from old encyclopedias
Dog breeds in the early 20th Century - 1925 - from old magazines
Dog breeds in the early 20th Century - 1936 - from old encyclopedias
Dog breeds in the early 20th Century - 1937 - from old encyclopedias
Dog breeds in the early 20th Century - Cumberland and Welsh Sheepdogs
Dog breeds in the 19th Century - Old English Greyhound Breeds
Dog breeds in the 19th & early 20th Century - Huskies (10 Major Branches of the Husky Breed)
Dogs: The changing coat of the poodle
Dogs: The changing face of the Bulldog (taxidermy and skulls)
Dog-drawn Carts in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries (mainly in Belgium) and a Lion-drawn Cart
Dogs, Cats, and Horses - A Treatise on Domestication
Domestic Animals - 19th Century Natural History Text
Draught and Riding Animals other than Horses (1)
Draught and Riding Animals other than Horses (2)
Draught and Riding Zebras
Familiar Sights on a Country Lane
1930s/1940s Farming photos discovered during a house clearance (North Essex area)
Home for Lost Dogs 1891, Strand Magazine
Horses - Draught Horses of Britain in the 19th Century from old encyclopaedias
Horses : Bearing reins and Clever Horses
Horses - Pig-Sticking in India in the 19th & Early 20th Century
Horses : Hairless horses
Horses : Oregon Wonder Horses (Extreme Maines & Tails)
Horses : Woolly Horses
Horses : Zebradia, the Not-So-Unique “Striped” Horse of Hibaldstow
Menagerie Race
Mutant Zebras (old photos)
The Rules of the Road in a Quieter Age
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