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I have found the same photo in the collection Dogs in garden Sourcehttps://www.dreamstime.com/dogs-garden-pair-labrador-retriever-playing-public-domain-image-free-88564635:

I wonder what a black man is doing with a white child at that time. Interesting! I love old photos. They have so much history and mistery :)

It does seem odd doesn't it. The child looks comfortable with the man as well I cant imagine what brought them together. It's a though provoking photograph, allows you to use your imagination. This is the type of photo I love,

I'd love to know the story behind the photo

I think I've seen photos like this. I think it's like a picture that people would take of their children with the slaves that took care of them. I could be wrong but I always thought that may be it.

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From the New York Times: DOG SHOW AT PRINCETON.; Mrs. Malcolm Straus's Beau Athos a Winner in French Bulldog Class. December 15, 1912 Link

Another Bain/LOC photo from a dog show:

A bunch of Bain dog show pictures of socialites and their dogs appear to be taken at the same location, which is likely the roof garden of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.

Thanks to all for their comments. While the New York Times is often a fairly reliable source for the spelling of a name, the December 15, 1912 article mentioned in several comments includes misspellings. It is identified as 'Special to the New York Times', and so may have been provided by a visiting correspondent - and not well fact-checked. This photograph shows Mrs. Malcolm Strauss and her prize-winning French Bulldog Beaux Athos. Bain provides the identities as: Mrs. Malcolm Strauss and Beaux Attos, and this Dec 1912 column offers Mrs. Martin Straus and Beau Athos, where both names are incorrect. Numerous other articles in the New York Times reporting results of dog shows in great detail confirm both the name of the owner - and her husband - and her dog. A good authority for the dog's name in particular is the American Kennel Stud Book of 1913, published by the National American Kennel Club. Here he is noted as: Beaux Athos. We will amend the record to include the correct name for the bulldog.