Dog Climbing Fence

Elaine Wilsey

Minneapolis Tribune

This wry, blurry study of a dog attempting to cross a wire fence in the manner of a human was a journalistic sensation in l949. Taken with a box camera by Mrs. Elaine Wilsey, a war widow, it won a prize in Minneapolis Sunday Tribune snapshot contest. When Life ran it as their 'Picture of the Week,' it drew more letters than any other photograph that year.

Elaine Wilsey, "Dog Climbing Fence," in POYi Archive, Item #534, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/534 (accessed May 14, 2025).