Old Westbury Gardens - Site of Westbury Kennel Association's first major show in 1923
In the late 19-teens and twenties, visitors to, and exhibitors at,
the very first Westbury Kennel shows may have arrived in a
1916 Model T, something similar, or newer! A century later it is SUVs, hybrids, electrics, and RVs. Farms, fields, and forests have become houses, malls, and parking lots. Roads are paved, not mud and ruts, but they are crowded, with the usual assortment of pot holes!
From the Roaring Twenties to today's Controversial Twenties, with numerous breeds by our side {mostly Terriers in the earliest years} Westbury Kennel Association has written many pages in our ten or so decades, and we continue to write successful new pages.
Music has gone from Victrolas to digital; from Ragtime to Jazz, from Big Bands to Rock & Roll and more; essentially from Flappers to Rappers! We, and our show garb, have changed from post-Victorian to modern casual. We sprouted at the end of WW-1, reveled in the 1920s, survived the Great Depression, WW-2, the transformational '50s and '60s, and much more, as our century evolved from 20th to 21st.
Westbury has learned much and grown wiser in every one of its 100+ years. We have seen and heard it all. Have our dogs changed? Yes they have, but thankfully they still love us, and we still love them.
