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Now
considered politically incorrect, getting the kids to
tell Dad, the Zippo
Lighter company used a Dachshund in their 1955 ad.
During World War II a well-liked comic strip starring Germanic characters, called Dinglehoofer and his Dog, succumbed to moral pressures. The dog's name, after all, was Adolph, and this just didn't play well in 1936. And so, like soap opera characters of today, Adolph was written out of the plot. A little dachshund named Schnappsy replaced him. This clip is from June 3, 1939.
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Pippo
is one of many Dachshund books I have found over the
past few years. In this case the inside pages are
wonderfully colorful by Annette Langen. And look for other book titles
throughout my web site.
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I've seen all kinds of therapeutic heating/thermal pads, but I just had to laugh at this one. You put it in the microwave for a couple of minutes and then he'll ease your aches and pains.
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This
is the Lekven Design Dachshind Plate (originally the Tove Svendsen
series). It's made in Denmark. Bet you wouldn't eat
from it.
Weather? Now you'll know
where it's coming from with these two )
Dachshund
Weathervanes.
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The well know Crystal and China company Rosenthal also dabbled in figurines after World War Two and they made a near life like Dachshund!
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I personally could not believe it when I found it. Dachshund themed cologne by Avon! Well it's true! Unfortunately in this photo of the "Cotillion Cologne" the poor fellow's head is on upside-down.
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The 1950s for some reason stuffed animals were very
popular with the kids. Perhaps it was a baby boom
generation thing. This little fellow is Bazi. From the halls of the National Geographic comes
artist Edwin Megargee. He did a number of dog paintings
throughout his career and this painting of two
dachshunds was done in 1958. Bet
ya didn't know it. But this little fellow has a
secret. Robert Storm Petersen did this original drawing in 1935.
It's titled How The Dachshund Came Into Being. It was
actually a card were
Wesley Dennis (1903-1966), an
American painter of horses, captured this Standard
Dachshund near the horse barn on canvas in 1955.)
Terry Pond,
a very creative artist, did a series of paintings that
without question addressed the spirit of dachshunds. I
have 7 of them available for viewing here. #2
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At
Christmas time most malls have a fellow who has set up
shop to make little glass figurines and such. I sure
hope the you never get one of these!
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Beswick,
a well known manufacturer of fine china products in
the UK made a number Dachshund figurines that often
sell for over $150!
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Did
Choo Know? The Frankfurter originated in the German city of Frankfurt when the butcher's gild introduced a sausage that was spiced,
smoked and encased in a thin, transparent casing. The butchers also gave their sausage a slightly curved shape at the coaxing of a butcher who owned a pet dachshund - hence it was alternatively known as a dachshund sausage. It followed its way to America in the 1880s. In 1906, Harry Stevens a vendor made these sausages a familiar name at the New York city baseball games - his vendors would work on the grounds bellowing - "Get your red hot dachshund sausages!" One summer day, the
games were watched by Tad Dorgan the renowned Hearst newspaper cartoonist. This whole scene inspired him to create a cartoon the next day where the dog like curve of the frank and the barking call of the vendors inspired him to sketch a cartoon of a real dachshund smeared with mustard, sandwiched in a bun. Durgan unable to spell the word dachshund, captions the
picture "Get your hot dogs", coining the new word.
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Some
time in the 1950s (I don't have a date for it),
Lucile Ball appeared on the cover of the the Our Dogs
Magazine holding a dog that looks suspiciously like a
Dachshund. What do you think?
In 1953 Betsy McCalls company created a Dachshund pattern for handy home makers who wanted to make their own Dachshund rather than buy one. This pattern made a 15 inch Dachshund called Nosy!
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A
painting of some Dachshund puppies by Ludvig Ditlev Simon Simonsen
(1841-1928) recently fetched over $1200 at auction. A
bit rich for my wallet I'd say.
Hong Kong Dog. That's how I'd refer to this mechanical Dachshund replica. Made in Hong Kong of course. Look for the other mechanical Dachshund, but this time from Japan somewhere else in my site.
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