Abstract
How do you record and save the things that matter most to you?Photographs provide great insight into what people consider precious
and worthy of preserving. This is especially true of early historic
images, when having a photograph taken required a trip to a professional studio and a commitment of time to allow the camera to record the scene. In its earliest days, photography was focused almost exclusively on individuals and families. These were the things judged most worthy of the time and money required to have a photo taken. Interestingly, one of the things people consistently considered precious, and so recorded along with the rest of the clan, was the family dog. The presence of the dog became part of the family's identity, something worthy of including in a permanent memento.
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