bulldog

That life preserver looks like it says "White Star Line." Is that the Titanic?

A close reading of the life preserver indicates it was RMS Olympic, sister ship of the Titanic. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Olympic

"Theodore Leopold Friedman (June 6, 1890 – August 25, 1971), known as Ted Lewis, was an American entertainer, bandleader, singer, and musician. He fronted a band and touring stage show that presented a combination of jazz, comedy, and nostalgia that was a hit with the American public before and after World War II. He was known by the moniker "Mr. Entertainment" or Ted "Is Everybody Happy?" Lewis. Lewis died of lung failure in August 1971." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Lewis_(musician)

Thanks for the close looking and the information. We'll add information at our end to the description for this and related photos.

This is gorgeous :-) Quirky and i like the smirk on the soldier...he's enjoying it :-)

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Australian portrait, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Photografica, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Moments like this make life wonderful!

Aw! That is so endearing!

I haven't found her, but I have found the French toy bulldog, which has wheels under its feet and an articulated jaw. See www.1stdibs.com/furniture/more-furniture-collectibles/col... for one that sold after being on offer for $2,250.

Apparently Estelle Taylor fell for this French novelty too.
www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/no-fido-wont-bite...
is a studio photo from October 1925 of a woman identified as Estelle Taylor with one of these dogs.

Estelle and husband Jack Dempsey returned from their honeymoon in July 1925. See nearby photo in Bain stream

swanq Looking at the domino pattern in the background of this and the next photo of Norman Bel Geddes I assume that they're on the same ship. Ellis Island records show that NBG arrived on the Homeric that year. Also on the Homeric were Paula Martin of Gt Britain (age 33), accompanied by Albert Martin of Gr Brit (age 41) if that narrows it down at all. Identifying the bulldog is very cool

Seuss. : I agree that the ship looks to be the same. I was delighted that Google Lens (using a crop from the Bain high-res image) helped me identify the toy dog. On the whole I don't find Google Lens as useful for detective work on old photos as its predecessor image search interface -- which made it easy to combine a text word describing a category with the image. But in this case, the fact that Google Lens pushes one to things for sale was what did the trick.

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