The Podcast: Bellinghamsters and other Tails
Animal Stories with the Good Time Girls
Summary
It’s the first real episode of season 2! Bellinghamsters and other Tails - Animal Stories with the Good Time Girls! Oooorrrr… “firefighters are a brave, unruly and maybe a little bit bored, bunch.” We pulled out some of our favorite furry history for this one with wild tales of beloved Bellinghaminals, from hamsters to ant bears. This was based on a live talk we gave at the Whatcom Museum for their Free First Friday program, and coinciding with the recent exhibit “The Pet Show.”
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Slide Show
Slides from our live talk at the Whatcom Museum on March 1st
References and Resources
For Further Exploration
Visit the Whatcom Museum! Thanks to Jeff Jewell at the Photo Archives for everything.
Check out the Prey Taxidermy events!
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The Invention of Pets. Matthew Wills. Jstor Daily. January 28, 2017
Emerging market middle class paves way for reign of cats and dogs. Rise of pet owners reflects growing incomes in developing world. Steve Johnson. Financial Times. August 27, 2017.
Household Pets and Urban Alienation. Charles Phineas. Journal of Social History Vol. 7, No. 3 (Spring, 1974), pp. 338-343 (6 pages) Published By: Oxford University Press. Available at JSTOR.
The History of Animal Protection in the United States. Janet M. Davis, The American Historian. OAH.
How the Victorians turned mere beasts into man’s best friends. The Guardian. October 2019.
A Brief History of Pets & How Writers Came To Love Them Martha Ann Larkin. The Literary Mews. March 19, 2015.
We used many and various historical resources for this episode, including archived issues of the Bellingham Herald, Fairhaven Times and other news publications. Contact us if you need details!
