Guild Guitar Catalog – 1954 (Targ & Dinner)

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Targ and Dinner (T&D) was Chicago Based Musical instrument distributor that sold Guild and sometimes included Guild catalogs. Since Guild did not time their catalogs to be released at same time as T&D, the contents were often reflective of the previous year’s Guild catalog. Note also that T&D catalogs contain prices which were not part of the Guild catalogs and may not necessarily reflect those found in Guild price lists for the given year.

Annie and the Dog Catcher Man

Annie is a destroyer of toys. She has been known to tear the heart out of stuffed toys, pull the squeaker out of rubber toys, and has even destroyed a soccer ball or two. Annie isn’t a keepsake-toy kind of dog like Cozy was. Cozy loved her Kong more than life itself, and we have hundreds of pictures to prove it. Annie has no special toy like that, but prefers to play with whatever is at hand – preferably something that she shouldn’t have.

There is one toy that she hasn’t destroyed, and her apparent respect for the toy fascinates me. The toy in question has been given the clever name of The Dog Catcher Man. Why? Because it’s shaped like a little man and has the word “Dogcatcher” on the front. I told you it was a clever name.

The Dog Catcher Man is a rubber squeaky toy like you’d find in any pet shop. It’s not a robust toy, and it is no way special except that it was purchased some thirteen years ago. Why do we have a 13 year old dog toy? This toy is special; this was Cozy’s toy. (more…)