Photo by Alan Grant/The LIFE Picture Collection © Meredith Corporation.
Gertrude Stein, right, and Alice B. Toklas walked their poodle Baskets in the French village of Culoz after the end of German occupation, 1945. Photo by Carl Mydans/The LIFE Picture Collection © Meredith Corporation.
Baseball star Willie Mays walked with his poodle at the San Francisco airport, after his Giants left New York and moved west in 1958. Photo by Nat Farbman/The LIFE Picture Collection © Meredith Corporation.
In 1956, Jayne Mansfield pondered the eternal question: why not just play with your dog? Photo by Peter Stackpole/The LIFE Picture Collection © Meredith Corporation.
Alfred Hitchcock, at home with his Sealyham terrier Mr. Jenkins in 1939, offered a title for this photo: “A Dislike of American Fireplaces.” Photo by Peter Stackpole/The LIFE Picture Collection © Meredith Corporation.
Steve McQueen was woken by his malamute during a hunting trip in the Sierra Madre Mountains, 1963. Photo by John Dominis/The LIFE Picture Collection © Meredith Corporation
Frank Sinatra checked in on Ringo in Palm Springs, 1965. Photo by John Dominis/The LIFE Picture Collection © Meredith Corporation
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Actress Bette Davis and her dog were wheeled about in her Beverly Hills backyard, 1939. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt/The LIFE Picture Collection © Meredith Corporation
On this journey on a less-traveled road, poet Robert Frost chose not to walk alone. Photo by Eric Schaal/The LIFE Picture Collection © Meredith Corporation
