Photograph of the original "Handsome Dan," the first bulldog purchased from a local blacksmith by Yale College football tackle Andrew Graves in 1889. Handsome Dan became the first American university mascot. Image courtesy of the Yale University Manuscripts & Archives Digital Images Database, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Retouched by MarmadukePercy.

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Topics:
   + 1889 photographs
   + College mascots
   + Dog mascots
   + Dogs on grey background
   + English Bulldog
   + Handsome Dan
   + Old English Bulldogs
   + Pach Brothers
   + Portrait photographs of dogs

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• Filename: Original Handsome Dan Yale's mascot.jpg
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Licensing:

• Artist: Pach Brothers, 935 Broadway, New York, New York
• License: Public Domain

Media information:

• Original datetime: circa 1889
  date QS:P,+1889-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
• Upload datetime: 2012-06-09T01:59:10Z
• Uploader: User:Materialscientist
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• Refreshed: 2018-07-28 22:43:37 UTC

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