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Archival photograph attributed to Colby's Malachy in the 1936 Colby book, with the original printed caption.

Colby's Malachy

American Pit Bull Terrier

1904 · Source-reported

Attributed photograph · identity unconfirmed

Parents · G1 · Known 1/2 Reported

Sire Reported
Colby's Pincher
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Colby's Malachy

Sire · Reported
Colby's Pincher

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Reported breeder: John P. Colby

Historical owner: John P. Colby

Joseph L. Colby, The American Pit Bull Terrier (The News Publishing Co., Sacramento, 1936), captioned Colby's Malachy plate. Photographer unnamed. Complete source page retained; PITVU extracts the whole photograph and original name caption without retouching, AI or enlargement.

Photograph source · Reuse basis

HathiTrust’s official Bibliographic API identifies this exact JosephL.Colby/NewsPublishing/Sacramento1936 edition, OCLC30118538/LCCN36021588/record006560399/UCvolumeuc1.$b28129, as rightsCode=pd. Its MARC974 has r=pd and q=ren. Raw API SHA25604af467d60ee78fc720d89827cae4d289bcc2d152689a770f1b00511f9b2221d retained. The California Digital Library HathiTrust Rights Status Assignment Process,12April2010, defines pd as public domain and ren as copyright-renewal research; pp.3–5 explain pd/ren follows review for non-renewal. PITVU relies on this institutional determination, not mere FullView, a1936copyright notice, Reddit or an IA uploader licence. IA scan title/imprint/copyright page match this edition; only the original captioned photograph is extracted, not modern cover/artwork. Primary definitions: https://cdlib.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/HathiTrust_Rights_Assignment.pdf .

Exact captioned identity; source-reported date/breeder/historical owner/parent names. No accepted genealogy or inferred sex. Photographs prepared separately with exact edition rights and original captions.

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Colby's Margie

American Pit Bull Terrier

Female · Source-reported · 1947 · Source-reported

Country of birth: United States Source-reported

Parents · G1 · Known 2/2 Reported

Sire Reported
Colby's Rifle
Dam Reported
Colby's Gypsy
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Colby's Margie

Sire · Reported
Colby's Rifle
Dam · Reported
Colby's Gypsy

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Reported coat: Brindle

Reported breeder: Louis B. Colby

Source-reported identity from exact FIAPBT4 pedigree positions, linked record 452. Published external ID and explicit parent context retained; no name-only merge, unsupported dates, country, current ownership or accepted-genealogy claim.

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COLBY'S MAX

American Pit Bull Terrier

Sire Reported
COLBY'S MAJOR (1896)
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COLBY'S MAX

Sire · Reported
COLBY'S MAJOR (1896)

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Explicit public FIAPBT record record ID 69720. Contributor-reported only, no accepted scalars, award or media inference.

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Colby's Merle (Vose's)

American Pit Bull Terrier

Female · Source-reported · 1941 · Source-reported

Parents · G1 · Known 2/2 Reported

Sire Reported
Cammett's Flash
Dam Reported
Colby's Buffy
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Colby's Merle (Vose's)

Sire · Reported
Cammett's Flash
Dam · Reported
Colby's Buffy

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Reported coat: TAN & WHITE

Reported breeder: Louis B. Colby

Exact source-linked parent reference; no inferred sex, dates, accepted edges, or image licence.