Rare CDV Taxidermy Hero Dog / Saint Bernard / Mastiff 1800s Photo Oddities Dead animal Photographed by H

Photographed by H

The backs of both images are blank but these are from an album with mostly Philadelphia studio imprints

She is unidentified anywhere on the photo

with light to normal wear to the velvet

Original circa 1880 CDV photo of a barefoot little boy wearing a zouave style suit

Rare CDV Taxidermy Hero Dog / Saint Bernard / Mastiff 1800s Photo Oddities Dead animal Photographed by HRare original CDV of Barry, on display at the Natural History of Bern. CDV is 4" x 2. 5" and in VG antique condition. Barry der Menschenretter (1800 1814), also known as Barry, was a dog of a breed which was later called the St. Bernard that worked as a mountain rescue dog in Switzerland and Italy for the Great St Bernard Hospice. He predates the modern St. Bernard, and was lighter built than the modern breed. He has been described as the most famous