Jim and Pamela’s dog
Sage-Brush
The books call him Sage. The paper that names him says Sage-Brush. Sage-Brush. Shepherd-Labrador mix. Lost twice: a two-month pup in August 1969, and again in September 1970.
August 1969
The Themis shop number, 652-5916, is on a lost-dog ad. Gold shepherd mix puppy, two months old, Santa Monica / La Cienega, $100. 25–31 August 1969. Seven days. The name is not in these ads. The number is.
25 August 1969 · Sage-Brush
“$100 REW. Gold shep. mix. pup. 2 mos. Lost vic. Santa Monica/La Cienega. Ph. 652-5916 or 454-9362.” Ten days after the last mirror ad. Same boutique number.
26 August 1969 · Sage-Brush
Next day. Same puppy, same corner, same phones.
27 August 1969 · Sage-Brush
Third day.
28 August 1969 · Sage-Brush
Still looking.
29 August 1969 · Sage-Brush
Fifth day. Same line.
30 August 1969 · Sage-Brush
Sixth day.
31 August 1969 · Sage-Brush
Last of that run. Seven insertions, seven days.
The Teske date
The ads are dated. Late August 1969: gold shepherd mix, two months old. Born around June. The Themis number is on them. Sage-Brush.
Teske photographed Jim and Pamela at Bronson Caves on 31 March 1969. That sitting is in his archive. Captions online put Sage in those pictures. A two-month pup in August cannot be in a frame from March. Either the dog in that picture is not Sage-Brush, or the cave set is dated wrong. In 1970 he photographed Jim and the band. That is not a second cave sitting with Pamela.
The paper does not move.
September 1970
21 and 22 September 1970. Golden Lab, Old Yeller type, red flea collar, $200, lost at Santa Monica and La Cienega. Call 654-5815.
21 September 1970 · Sage-Brush
“$200 REWARD. Golden Lab. Old Yeller type. Red flea collar. Los vic. Santa Monica & La Cienega Bl. Ans. to the name of Sage-Brush. Call 654-5815.” The first insertion that prints a name. The books say Sage. Sage-Brush was not known before I found this ad. The corner, the collar and the reward are the same dog as the ads that follow.
22 September 1970 · Sage-Brush
Next day. Same ad. “Ans. to the name of Sage-Brush. Call 654-5815.” The name is in the paper twice.
26–29 September the name is gone. Yellow Labrador, red flea collar, same corner, same $200. The second number is OL.4-5815, which is 654-5815. The shop line 652-5916 is on those four. Same dog. A year on from the gold shepherd-mix pup.
26 September 1970 · Sage-Brush
“$200 REWARD For the return of yellow Labrador male. Red flea collar. Lost in vicinity of Santa Monica & La Cienega. 652-5916, OL.4-5815.” Does not print the name. Same reward, same collar, same corner as the 21st. OL.4-5815 is 654-5815, the number on the ad that says Sage-Brush. This one adds the shop line, 652-5916.
27 September 1970 · Sage-Brush
Same listing the next day.
28 September 1970 · Sage-Brush
Third day.
29 September 1970 · Sage-Brush
Last of that run. Sage-Brush. Shepherd-Labrador mix. The number is Themis.
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