Dog harness used by WWI Mascot Stubby
notes: label: Description
content: This brown leather dog harness was worn by "Stubby", the dog mascot of the Yankee Division during World War I. It is decorated with brass plates engraved with the towns in France where the Yankee Division fought, as well as names of places Stubby visited. The plates read as follows: "Seicheprey", "Monte Carlo", "Property of J. Robert Conroy New Britain, Conn.", "Decorated by Eastern Dog Club Boston April, 1920", "Chemin Des Dames", "Paris", "Meuse Argonne", "Nice", "Monaco", "Chateau Thierry", "Stubby Mascot Yankee Division New Haven Conn to France 1917-1919". There is also a D.C. license which reads "1925 3560 Tax D.C. 1926".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Dogs
label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: J. Robert Conroy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.58284M
label: catalog number
content: 58284M
label: accession number
content: 210736
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Harness
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, approx: 16 in x 10 in x 3 in; 40.64 cm x 25.4 cm x 7.62 cm