Gertrude, Alice and Basket

Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas and their poodle Basket. France, 1944.
Photograph by Carl Mydans.

Stein and Toklas were serious poodle people. Over the years they had three; Basket, Basket I and Basket II.

#4 in Book Patrol’s new series Life of Google, featuring images from the vast archives of Life magazine that now appear on Google.