The Times, Shreveport, Louisiana, December 2, 1916
“Hands Off the Babies’ Milk!” and “Which Shall England Feed, Pigs or Babies?”
These were among the demands made by mothers of English children on big signs they carried in a parade in Hyde Park, England, as a protest against the artificially high prices of milk. These prices were raised by “profiteers” who used the war as an excuse for a boost in cost of foods. Mothers of children whose fathers are off at the front organized a pig procession and succeeded in having the government force down prices.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, November 1, 1896
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, October 25, 1896
The Osage City Free Press, Kansas, October 9, 1884
LIFE Magazine, January 18, 1937
This is a sensual pig, thoroughly satisfied with himself. His picture suggests a bachelor uncle who takes pretty girls out, with the best of manners and the worst of intentions.
The Coffeyville Weekly Journal, Kansas, January 7, 1896
Reading Times, Pennsylvania, September 28, 1934
Publicity shot for the Southern California Fair Association, 1929
Pig-shaped restaurant, Los Angeles, 1934
Help, help!! Please do not kill these or bacon will cost you one dollar a pound, Boston, 1934.
Child feeding pig with bottle, Washington DC, 1924
Chute the Pig, formerly
Van Kemp’s Pig Slide, Coney Island, 1926
Au Lutin, a swanky restaurant in Montreal where patrons could feed bottles to, and have their photos taken with, the proprietors prize piglets (for a price). In 1954 the proprietor,
B. J. MeAbbie, was held up, pistol whipped, beaten and then died four days later in the hospital. Photos ca. 1940.
to market, to market, Ireland ca. 1900
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