Post by gtrmacs on Feb 10, 2019 16:09:53 GMT
Vintage photos from The New York Times archive show the enduring power of the pooch.
www.nytimes.com/2019/02/09/sports/vintage-dog-pictures-instagram.html?emc=edit_th_190210&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=224553950210
www.nytimes.com/2019/02/09/sports/vintage-dog-pictures-instagram.html?emc=edit_th_190210&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=224553950210
Decades before Instagram, Jim Buck was trooping through the streets of New York with multiple leashes and multiple dogs in tow. In 1964, Gay Talese profiled Buck ... apparently the first professional dog walker. In the story, Talese noted that Buck was 32, married with two children and two big dogs of his own. He was making a decent income — in the low six figures, in today’s dollars — in electronic sales. But, Talese explained, Buck was bored. He loved animals and the outdoors, so, with “a little advertising and a little salesmanship,” he began a dog-walking business and not only earned a living but also became a fixture of the Upper East Side.
As Talese reported it, Buck always drew a crowd. “Hook up a sled!” cried one doorman. “Opening race at Aqueduct!” was one policeman’s quip. When Buck died in 2013, his Times obituary said he “is widely described as the first person to professionalize dog walking in New York City and, by extension, in the United States ...
As Talese reported it, Buck always drew a crowd. “Hook up a sled!” cried one doorman. “Opening race at Aqueduct!” was one policeman’s quip. When Buck died in 2013, his Times obituary said he “is widely described as the first person to professionalize dog walking in New York City and, by extension, in the United States ...
