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Election Day at the State House, 1815, by John Lewis Krimmel (Historical Society of Pennsylvania)
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For many owners the family pet has indeed become a member of the family, with some of the same privileges of children—or perhaps more. (Photograph by Donald D. Groff for The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia

» By Jonathan Hall

For as long as people have inhabited Philadelphia and the surrounding area, dogs probably have been present, too. As the first domesticated animal, dogs possess a long, complicated past with humans, likely dating back between fifteen thousand and thirty thousand years. Domesticated canids accompanied human migrants to the Americas around 10,000 to 12,000 BCE. Over ⇒ Read More

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