Hero Pit Bull DOG Saved Little Boy fr Drowning Pitbull Antique Photo Michigan china including a box that says

including a box that says

important looking bearded man by the Root brothers

1/4 daguerreotype of siblings

The image has light wear and soiling on both the front and the back

sixth-plate daguerreotype of an older man by the photographer William Abbott Pratt

Hero Pit Bull DOG Saved Little Boy fr Drowning Pitbull Antique Photo Michigan china including a box that saysOriginal 1894 cabinet card, boy posing with his pit bull. On the back in period handwriting is: "'Buster' Morrison, age 2, 1894. Boys were always dressed in skirts until potty trained! This is most likely the dog who saved Bob from drowning". There is no studio or location but based on research and other photos of this family I have had, I know his name was Robert C. Morrison, born November 1892. At the time of this photo his family lived in Cepac