Animals are a part of many children’s lives and that’s a good thing because there are some truly amazing benefits of raising kids around animals. Animals large and small love, teach, delight, and offer a special kind of companionship for children and adults.
Whether your companion animal is a dog, cat, fish, turtle, chicken, horse, hamster, lizard or pig, there are so many wonderful effects on kids that grow up having animals around.
Here below is a lovely set of vintage found photos from liquidnight that captured children expressing their feelings for animals.
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| A little girl offering an apple to a deer in the Marselisborg Forest at Aarhus, Jutland |
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| “Near Inverness. 10-12-41” |
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| A boy and his deer friend, circa 1930s |
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| A boy and his goose, 1924 |
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| A boy caressing a fawn, Germany, 1960 |
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| A soft, playful puppy and a sweet lolly, circa 1940s |
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| A tender offering, circa 1950s |
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| Close encounter, circa 1920s |
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| Fascination, circa 1930s |
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| Feeding pigeons at the Lustgarten, Berlin, Germany, 1934 |
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| Little boy feeding what may be a baby robin, circa 1920s |
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| Little girl and her friend fawn, circa 1910s |
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| Little girl and little friend dove, Berlin, Germany, circa 1940s |
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| Making contact, ever so tenderly, July 1970 |
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| Mother took her little girl to see the ducks, circa 1940s |
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| Mother took her little girl to see the ducks, circa 1940s |
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| On the back read: “A perfect moment, Germany, September 15, 1965” |
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| Ringlets and rabbits,1907-1908 |
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| She was a friend to pigeons, circa 1950s |
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| Tender offering, Germany, circa 1940s |
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| Tender offering, Germany, circa 1940s |
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| Tender offering |
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| The chicken men, circa 1910s |
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| The little white goat always told the best stories, circa 1940s |
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| Typed on verso: “Dear Mama’s Dead, But Fawn Thrives, 1938” |
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| Written on verso: “Precious Tüssi, Fürst Bismarck Str., Germany, 1933” |