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"The right kind of feathers for a hat." (Inside Ernest Harold Baynes' "Wild Bird Guests", copyright 1915.) #mousetrapvintage #ernestharoldbaynes #wildbird #wildpets #petbird #wildpetwednesday #antiquephotograph #antiquebook #1910s #1915 #edwardian (at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

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This 1930 postcard reads: "Greetings from the Bird Paradise", Vancouver, B.C. (via Pinterest, source unknown) #mousetrapvintage #wildpetwednesday #wildpets #petbird #birdparadise #vintagephotograph #1930s (at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

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These intense gentlemen loved their raccoon pets so much the started a "Coon Club" (1913, Downingtown, PA). Dug this gem in the estate we're currently working on in West Chester. #mousetrapvintage #wildpets #petraccoon #antiquephotograph #wildpetwednesday #chestercounty (at West Chester, Pennsylvania)

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"June Mottershead mimics her newly adopted lion cub at Chester Zoo in Cheshire. The lion has been adopted to save it from destruction because of lack of zoo funds, 30th September 1939" (source unknown, via Pinterest) #mousetrapvintage #petlion #wildpets #wildpetwednesday #1930s #vintagephotograph (at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

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Pet cactus (via @atlasobscura). #wildpetwednesday #wildpet #petcactus #vintagephotograph

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Girl with pet fox. Source unknown. #mousetrapvintage #wildpet #wildpetwednesday #petfox #vintagephotograph (at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

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A First Nations man from Pointe Bleue, Quebec feeding a baby beaver from a bottle, date unknown. (📷: BiblioArchives Flickr) #mousetrapvintage #wildpetwednesday #petbeaver #babybeaver #antiquephotograph #wildpet (at Kensington, Pennsylvania)

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Dug up a new photo of old favorites Miss Betty Bradley and her pet deer. Los Angeles, circa 1927. Trying to resurrect #wildpetwednesday. (source: Bizarre Los Angeles) #mousetrapvintage #wildpets #antiquephotograph #vintagepets #1920s (at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)