File:Bulldog Original Handsome Dan Yale's mascot.jpg

Summary
Photograph of the original "Handsome Dan," the first bulldog purchased from a local blacksmith by Yale College football tackle Andrew Graves in 1889. Handsome Dan became the first American university mascot. Image courtesy of the Yale University Manuscripts & Archives Digital Images Database, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Retouched by MarmadukePercy.

Date:circa 1889