Custer with dog

Comment by anthony martin on May 20, 2012 at 1:24pm

  Gary,

    Yours is probably better -this is really nice.The peculiar object in the foreground is presumably some sort of hard summer hat but looks for all the world like a 1950's flying saucer after faithful old Fido there has been playing fetch with it for awhile.We eagerly wait for more!

Comment by Bob 'Buckshot' Bradley on May 20, 2012 at 3:40pm

Gary, is this the other one?

http://order.civilwarincolor.com/p753413997/e2fb99372

 

There's a load more, http://order.civilwarincolor.com/p970207249

 

 

 

Comment by Murray A. Gewirtz on May 20, 2012 at 4:54pm

I believe this paricular dog was a spy for Jubal Early. His name was Snoopy.

Comment by anthony martin on May 20, 2012 at 6:17pm

  Murray,

    I could have sworn that Snoopy was with the C.S.A. Balloon Corps.

Comment by Murray A. Gewirtz on May 20, 2012 at 7:41pm

Anthony, I believe you're mistaken. Snoopy didn't actually begin flying until WWI, when he tried to shoot Baron Von Richtoven, a.k.a. "The Red Baron," from the sky.

Comment by anthony martin on May 20, 2012 at 9:16pm

  Murray,

      O.k.,but who was that dog who took a shot at the young Graf Von Zeppelin when he went up in a Union balloon?

Comment by Gary Sheaf on May 21, 2012 at 12:49pm

I see by your comments guys, that the stage from surreal-ville has returned and welcome it is!

Anthony; I've not seen a hat quite like this one, it does look like some kind of pith helmet derivative. You could be right though, maybe Ol' George invented the Frisbee! maybe it was first called the 'Autie'!

Hi Bob. You are right, that's the one. There are some good colourized photo's on that site and also on shorpy.com and here I was... thinking I was unique!

Gary

Comment by anthony martin on May 21, 2012 at 5:20pm

  Gary,

     Mighty purty country up around Surrealville!It was named after the founder Rod Surrealing!One egregious pun deserves another after indian Brave Heart!You,Murray and I have to maintain our reputation as the Three Musketeers  of silliness.

Comment by anthony martin on May 21, 2012 at 5:22pm

  ADDENDUM-I'm leaning toward the theory that the weird hat in question is the Michelin Man's pith helmet!

Comment by Murray A. Gewirtz on May 21, 2012 at 5:59pm

Anthony, I'm sorry to say you're wrong again. It's not a hat at all, but a reptile called Tortuga Corona Papalis---or Pope's Crown Turtle. It's trying to get away from the dog just as fast as possible. With a favorable tail wind, this means about a half mile an hour.

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