Laura Comstock's bag-punching dog
Date:
1901
Medium:
Gelatin Silver ; celluloid Film
Dimensions:
Film / Video Length: 3.4 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 5ft. × 4ft.
Aspect Ratio: 5ft. × 4ft.
Credit Line:
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
Object number:
1901.07.32
Opens with the head and shoulders of a woman in full dress and hat and the front paws and head of a boxer visible behind a sign that reads "Miss Laura Comstock's Bag Punching Dog." Cuts to the dog sitting on his haunches on a stage with a painted backdrop of a trail through a forest. As the dog starts to wander offscreen, a large punching bag drops from above. He leaps up and hits the suspended bag with his head and body, causing it to swing. The dog repeatedly punches the bag in this manner until he knocks it down completely, grabs it in his mouth, and shakes it from side to side in his teeth.
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