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Source Description
English bulldog, mascot for the U.S. Marine Corp, chases a dachshund clad in German military garb. Recruiting poster is for "317 Second Street."
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Document identity
localId
ft848v45c
label
Teufel hunden. German nickname for U.S. Marines. Devil dog recruiting station
core
obj
dtoType
photograph
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
ft848v45c
contentType
photograph
stage
normalized
title
Teufel hunden. German nickname for U.S. Marines. Devil dog recruiting station
description
English bulldog, mascot for the U.S. Marine Corp, chases a dachshund clad in German military garb. Recruiting poster is for "317 Second Street."
date
["[ca. 1918]"]
year
1918
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
War Posters
subjects
Recruiting & enlistment
Marines (Military personnel)
Bulldogs
Dachshunds
World War, 1914-1918
United States. Marine Corps
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Posters
Prints
genreSpecific
War posters
typeOfResource
Still image
country
United States
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
ft848t24d
schema:latitude
38
schema:longitude
-98
extent
1 print (poster) : lithograph, color
notes
The tradition of using an English bulldog as a mascot for the United States Marine Corps has its roots in the fighting campaigns of World War I. It is not an image that comes from the Marine Corps, but instead, from the hard won respect of their foes. German reports referred to the attacking Marines as "teufel hunden," meaning devil dogs, because of their tenacity and fighting ability. Teufel hunden were the vicious, wild mountain dogs of Bavarian folklore.
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no
dcId
ft848v45c
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photograph
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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273dc6dd51b7a785