[Ads-l] fu lion - 1913, foo dog - 1915, foo lion - 1918

[Peter Reitan]

Advertisement for the Oriental Importer, A. A. Vantine & Co., New York Tribune, April 5, 1912, page 5 (Chronicling America): 

"Imported from Vantine from the shores of the Inland Sea . . . Japanese Foo Dog images."

> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 18:14:30 -0800
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> Subject: fu lion - 1913, foo dog - 1915, foo lion - 1918
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> Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_guardian_lions) =
> provides a link to a paper on =E2=80=9Cfoo=E2=80=9D (not on the Oxford =
> Dictionary site, though the word =E2=80=9Cfoo=E2=80=9D evidently is =
> cited from Chaucer). The link is:
> 
> http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3092.txt
> 
> Here are links to earliest citations I found on Google Books with =
> summary information. All are Google-dated.
> 
> 1. fu lion - 1913 - http://bit.ly/1TmKb3C
> 
> [completely illegible to my eyes]
> 
> 2. foo dog - 1915 - http://bit.ly/1PXMnfv
> 
> The bat, the bird, the butterfly, the dragon, the kylin, the Food dog, =
> the leopard, =E2=80=A6
> 
> 3. foo lion - 1918 - http://bit.ly/20A8gTG
> 
> Sacred Foo Lion of Cloisonn=C3=A9=20
> 
> Benjamin Barrett
> Formerly of Seattle, WA=
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