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Dog House Placemat
Dog House Placemat
TitleDog House Placemat
Dateca. 1955
NotesThe Dog House was located on Seventh Avenue at Bell Street in Downtown Seattle.

One of the most famous features of the Dog House was a large mural that hung above the pass through behind the counter. The title was "All Roads Lead to the Doghouse." The painting was an illustrated fantasy map showing all the roads a man might take that would put him in "the Dog House." Different roads are marked with pointer signs reading: blondes, brunettes, redheads, private secretaries, whistling, nagging, etc. Many dogs are trotting down these different roads toward a dog house, while an angry wife with a rolling pin in her hand and her arms crossed observes from her porch. The big dog sits whittling at the door of his Dog House. This imagery is repeated on the restaurant's menus in a series of updates throughout the life of the restaurant (1930s - 1980s).

PH Coll 617 Series II. Restaurants: Seattle: D-H.
CategoryMaps

LocationUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Subjects (LCSH)Place mats--Washington (State)--Seattle
Dog House (Restaurant : Seattle, Wash.)
Restaurants--Washington (State)--Seattle
Digital CollectionHistorical Menu Collection
Digital ID NumberMEN009
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Repository CollectionHistorical Menu Collection. Photograph collection no. 617
Repository Collection GuideTo view the finding aid for this collection see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/findaids/docs/photosgraphics/MenuPHColl617.xml
Object TypePlacemat
Physical DescriptionLetterpress: 10 3/4 x 13 in.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from original text at 400 dpi saved in JPEG format and resized to 600 ppi horizontal. Saved at compression rate 3. 2003.
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