Historical Pets

Here's a few vintage pet photos from The Rooms Provincial Archive. These are all found online right here. 

Courtesy of: The Rooms Provincial Archives VA 10-91

[Left] Meet Chique the Monkey and his jaunty little hat. This picture is from the S.S Eagle and MV Trepassey Antarctic Expedition Fonds, 1944-45.
Chique was the mascot on one of those ships.

Courtesy of: The Rooms Provincial Archives VA 12-146

[Right] This is another snap of Chique, this time with fellow shipmate Harold Squires. This picture is dated 1944.

 

 [Below] These two photos are from the John B. Bisbee Fonds. Both are dated 1913-14.

Courtesy of: The Rooms Provincial Archives Va 73-22.4

Courtesy of: The Rooms Provincial Archives Va 73-22.6

While not exactly "pets", I couldn't resist posting these penguin photos.

Courtesy of: The Rooms Provincial Archives Va 10-36

 These are also from the S.S Eagle  and MV Trepassey Antarctic Expedition Fonds, 1944-45.

Courtesy of: The Rooms Provincial Archives Va 10

As you can see our good friend Harold Squires (see above) got to interact with many different animal friends!