A Friday afternoon treat….

The following animal-themed images were all taken by the photographers of the Wagga Evening News, a short-lived newspaper started up by Frank Packer in 1954.  The photographers included Wal Blake, Phil Merchant, Keith Barlow, Murray Attiwell, and Wagga’s own Michael Pym.

Rules, schmules!
July 1955
Photographer: Michael Pym
[Wagga Evening News collection, RW1574/258]

Someone’s got to do the work!
July 1955
Photographer: Michael Pym
[Wagga Evening News collection, RW1574/258]

On such a wet spring day, what’s a dog to do but just sit and wait for rescue!
1 September 1955
Photographer: Phil Merchant
[Wagga Evening News collection, RW1574/259]

Even dogs can go to Mardi Gras!
28 December 1954
[Wagga Evening News collection, RW1574/253]

This little fellow looks particularly sad at the sight of all the rubbish on the river bank.
1 January 1955
[Wagga Evening News collection, RW1574/257]

A boy and his pony at a local Pony Club Gymkhana.
21 May 1955
Photographer: Murray Attiwell
[Wagga Evening News collection, RW1574/257]

Moran and Cato – a good place to find afternoon snacks.
10 August 1955
Photographer: Michael Pym
[Wagga Evening News collection, RW1574/258]

A German Shepherd and their owner outside a Wagga butcher’s shop – plus one very teasing butcher!
19 July 1955
Photographer: Michael Pym
[Wagga Evening News collection, RW1574/258]

Billy Graham and his dog looking very interested in something…
1 August 1955
Photographer: Phil Merchant
[Wagga Evening News collection, RW1574/258]