The collection, which is extensive, not only provides pictorial
evidence of many Collies that have previously been little more
than names on a trophy, in a pedigree, or description by some
chronicler, they also provide a detailed record of the changing
trends in kennel advertisements during the first thee quarters of
the twentieth century, as can be seen in the two examples here.

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These two examples from
the Boughlee Collection
of Kennel Advertisements
graphically illustrate the
enormous change in style
between the first and last
quarter of the 20th century.

Mary Stevens ‘Boughlee’ has very kindly donated her considerable collection of Rough Collie Kennel Advertisements taken from Christmas Numbers, Supplements and Annuals over a period
of more than sixty years.

You can see a full size facsimile reproduction of these files, as mounted by their current owner, in Adobe Acrobat pdf format
by clicking on either image.

By contrast Tom Purvis’ full page Danvis Advertisement, which appeared in the Dog World Annual dated 1978, is dominated by a striking
professional photographic image of Ch Danvis Ladyvale Blue Mist to
which is added a short summary of the dog’s achievements in the pervious year.

This half page Sonnenburgh
Advertisement, dated 1915,
features Sonnenburgh
Squire, who gained his title
in 1915, a big winning dog
of the period, and details his
every win during the previous twelve months in addition to a detailed description, and record of his winning progeny, with but a single relatively small photograph.