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Colby's Major

According to published sources

Archival photograph attributed to Colby's Major in the 1936 Colby book, with the original printed caption.
Identity and provenance
Sire Jack White's Teddy
Dam Colby's Pansy
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Breed
American Pit Bull Terrier
Born
Reported breeder
John P. Colby [1]
Historical owner
John P. Colby [1]
Historical conditioned weight (pit weight)
36 lb · ≈ 16 kg [1]
Historical context

Joseph L. Colby's 1936 book dates Major's birth to December 1896 and names White's Teddy and Colby's Pansy as parents. Its caption identifies John P. Colby of Newburyport, Massachusetts, as breeder and historical owner, and gives 36 lb specifically as pit weight. This is the Major also named with Pincher in the book's family account; the month-level date is not a known birthday.

History & Bibliography

Full siblings Colby's Mag Colby's Pincher Source-reported

Relatives →

Pedigree according to published sourcesKnown positions: 2 / 2 · distinct ancestor records: 2Counts describe this view, not evidence reliability. Conflicted and unknown positions remain unfilled.

Facts and sources

Historical reports are distinct from accepted registry data. Sources and review details

Identity and provenance

Attributed photograph — identity not conclusively confirmed

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

Photograph source · Reuse basis

The original printed caption identifies Colby's Major. Its accompanying dated/parent context matches the existing PITVU subject reviewed from these same pages; it is not independent corroboration. Birth information is not the exposure date. All dog/body/frame and the name caption are retained. Full page SHA256 5a624ff790b01abf2beff795d4087ae632cc91c6960fec3bf9bb786a0272aa44; extraction {"left": 1470, "top": 1000, "width": 640, "height": 1055}. Other portraits and unrelated surrounding text are excluded; no watermark or credit removed. Identity remains attributed to the historical publication.

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 .

COLBY’S MAJOR

PITVU · 01M666WVX2HF9W1ZA4AK36N4GY

Pedigree according to published sources

According to published sources; possible discrepancies. Not accepted genealogy. Excluded from COI, Common Ancestors and Test Mating calculations.

PDF / Print · Reported by sources

Complete through G1

Known positions: 2/2 · Distinct ancestors: 2

Coverage by generation
  1. Generation 1
    Known
    2/2

Counts apply only to this mode, selected branch and depth. Repeated ancestors occupy multiple positions; photographs and awards do not affect completeness.

  • Subject · G0 Colby's Major01M666WVX2HF9W1ZA4AK36N4GY Archival photograph attributed to Colby's Major in the 1936 Colby book, with the original printed caption. ≈

    Generations in this branch: 1
    Complete through G1

    Known positions: 2/2 · Distinct ancestors: 2

    Attributed photograph — identity not conclusively confirmed

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

    Photograph source · Reuse basis

    The original printed caption identifies Colby's Major. Its accompanying dated/parent context matches the existing PITVU subject reviewed from these same pages; it is not independent corroboration. Birth information is not the exposure date. All dog/body/frame and the name caption are retained. Full page SHA256 5a624ff790b01abf2beff795d4087ae632cc91c6960fec3bf9bb786a0272aa44; extraction {"left": 1470, "top": 1000, "width": 640, "height": 1055}. Other portraits and unrelated surrounding text are excluded; no watermark or credit removed. Identity remains attributed to the historical publication.

    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 .

    COLBY’S MAJOR

    Born: Dec 1896 · Source-reported
Accepted registry pedigree

TRACEABLE ANCESTRY

Pedigree explorer

Only independently reviewed, undisputed links appear. Unknown ancestry remains unknown.

Interactive pedigree Test Mating

COI requires reviewed public parentage. Unknown ancestors are not verified founders.

No ancestors recorded in this view

Known positions: 0/2 · Distinct ancestors: 0

Coverage by generation
  1. Generation 1
    Known
    0/2
    Not documented
    2

Counts apply only to this mode, selected branch and depth. Repeated ancestors occupy multiple positions; photographs and awards do not affect completeness.

Sire and dam branches · permanent IDs on every visible record
  • Subject · G0 Colby's Major01M666WVX2HF9W1ZA4AK36N4GY Archival photograph attributed to Colby's Major in the 1936 Colby book, with the original printed caption. ≈

    Attributed photograph — identity not conclusively confirmed

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

    Photograph source · Reuse basis

    The original printed caption identifies Colby's Major. Its accompanying dated/parent context matches the existing PITVU subject reviewed from these same pages; it is not independent corroboration. Birth information is not the exposure date. All dog/body/frame and the name caption are retained. Full page SHA256 5a624ff790b01abf2beff795d4087ae632cc91c6960fec3bf9bb786a0272aa44; extraction {"left": 1470, "top": 1000, "width": 640, "height": 1055}. Other portraits and unrelated surrounding text are excluded; no watermark or credit removed. Identity remains attributed to the historical publication.

    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 .

    COLBY’S MAJOR

    Born: Dec 1896 · Source-reported
    • Sire · G1 Not established
    • Dam · G1 Not established

Relatives

Showing up to 64 public matches; this is not an exhaustive family census.

Full siblings 2

Historical dossiers

Research dossier

Editorial evidence is separate from accepted ancestry. Original records and prior revisions are retained.

Joseph L. Colby's 1936 book dates Major's birth to December 1896 and names White's Teddy and Colby's Pansy as parents. Its caption identifies John P. Colby of Newburyport, Massachusetts, as breeder and historical owner, and gives 36 lb specifically as pit weight. This is the Major also named with Pincher in the book's family account; the month-level date is not a known birthday.

  1. Historical birth report

    Source-reported

    The 1936 caption reports 1896-12; no exact birthday is established.

    Source · colby1936-caption-53

  2. Reported parents

    Source-reported

    The caption names White's Teddy as sire and Colby's Pansy as dam. These are historical reports, not accepted genetic relationships.

    Source · colby1936-caption-53
Bibliography

Bibliography

  1. Colby's Major — caption in The American Pit Bull Terrier (1936)

    Joseph L. Colby · The News Publishing Co., Sacramento · Secondary history · Accessed

    Retained digitized1936 book OCR, scan leaf indices 53,54; SHA256 882a7df95ced76aba06aec902b48e5c1716a6e33fad822498c410b179d1bb9f7. One published account, not independent certification. Partial dates kept at original precision; pit weight in original lb, not usual weight. Owner locality is not birthplace. No image reuse, fighting narrative or accepted genealogy inferred.

Revision 3 · · Published
Sources and review details

Historical dog record

Reported evidence

Publication identifies a historical dog; it does not verify ancestry.

Historical notes

Editorial notes are retained in their original language.

Original intake note, recorded before photograph publication.

Exact named1936 caption, retained source-specific date/weight/owner/breeder. No accepted parent edges, photographs, inferred sex or birth locality.

Reported aliases:

Public historical citations

Source-reported parents

Reported claims remain outside the accepted pedigree and COI until independently reviewed.

Registry claims and verification

REGISTRATION PROVENANCE

Claims & verification

PITVU entry is NOT formal ADBA/AKC certification.

No primary registration claims recorded.

Recorded aliases

No independently reviewed aliases recorded.

PARENTAGE EVIDENCE

Every claim has a source.

No independently reviewed parentage recorded.

Source references and original documents are private. Verification is a recorded human review, not a guarantee of biological ancestry.