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Webster's Joker

According to published sources

Archival photograph attributed to Webster's Joker in the 1936 Colby book, with the original printed caption.
Identity and provenance
Sire Colby's Bunch

Dam · No parent links in this view

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Breed
American Pit Bull Terrier
Born
Reported breeder
John P. Colby [1]
Historical owner
W. J. Webster, Jr. [1]
Historical conditioned weight (pit weight)
43 lb · ≈ 20 kg [1]
Historical context

The 1936 Colby book describes Webster's Joker as born in 1914, with Colby's Bunch and Colby's Rhody as parents. It identifies John P. Colby as breeder and W. J. Webster, Jr., of Columbia, Tennessee, as historical owner. The caption's 43 lb is a pit-weight report. This is a distinct named record from Trice's Joker in the existing catalogue.

History & Bibliography

Relatives sharing a sire Clark's Tramp (Armitage's Kager) Colby's Liz Colby's Nancy (1912) Source-reported

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Pedigree according to published sourcesKnown positions: 1 / 2 · distinct ancestor records: 1Counts 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 Webster's Joker 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 Webster's Joker. 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 f2eda8d9f9804e1f00026b6b6f449f832ed94ced8a0eb19219e6ca9ac5f2b723; extraction {"left": 1405, "top": 1040, "width": 770, "height": 795}. 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 .

WEBSTER’S JOKER — Whelped in 1914

PITVU · 01M666WW7XCSR1H3KCRT5GERK0

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

Incomplete pedigree

Known positions: 1/2 · Distinct ancestors: 1

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

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

  • Subject · G0 Webster's Joker01M666WW7XCSR1H3KCRT5GERK0 Archival photograph attributed to Webster's Joker in the 1936 Colby book, with the original printed caption. ≈

    Generations in this branch: 1
    Incomplete pedigree

    Known positions: 1/2 · Distinct ancestors: 1

    Attributed photograph — identity not conclusively confirmed

    Joseph L. Colby, The American Pit Bull Terrier (The News Publishing Co., Sacramento, 1936), captioned Webster's Joker 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 Webster's Joker. 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 f2eda8d9f9804e1f00026b6b6f449f832ed94ced8a0eb19219e6ca9ac5f2b723; extraction {"left": 1405, "top": 1040, "width": 770, "height": 795}. 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 .

    WEBSTER’S JOKER — Whelped in 1914

    Born: 1914 · Source-reported
    • Sire · G1 Colby's Bunch01M57MZK7N7NPS3X516HNCPYKR Photograph attributed to Colby’s Bunch in the1936 family book, seated with the original printed caption. ≈

      End of the selected depth. Open this profile to explore its ancestry.

      Attributed photograph — identity not conclusively confirmed

      Joseph L. Colby, The American Pit Bull Terrier (The News Publishing Co., Sacramento,1936), captioned Bunch plate. Photographer not named. Complete source-page JPEG retained; PITVU extracts the whole photograph with its original caption, without AI, retouching or enlargement.

      Photograph source · Reuse basis

      The1936 book plate explicitly labels the seated dog Colby’s Bunch and gives June1909 as whelping month, Pincher as sire, Nell as dam and JohnP.Colby as breeder/owner. These match the existing Bunch profile, not the photographed modern dogs named Bunch. Exposure date and photographer remain unknown; whelping date is NOT the photograph date. Identification is attributed to the caption, not independently authenticated. Source-page JPEG SHA256739de50faa13cf30b852a65f659f7768a8d11dcf2a7b8e068e71750629fa38e9 retained; exact crop x285/y1048/625x980 preserves all dog/head/feet and the two-line printed caption. No watermark or credit removed.

      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 BUNCH — Whelped June, 1909

      Born: 09 Jun 1909 · Source-reported Country of birth: United States Source-reported
      Source · 1
      Continue this source branch
    • Dam · G1 Not established
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 Webster's Joker01M666WW7XCSR1H3KCRT5GERK0 Archival photograph attributed to Webster's Joker 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 Webster's Joker 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 Webster's Joker. 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 f2eda8d9f9804e1f00026b6b6f449f832ed94ced8a0eb19219e6ca9ac5f2b723; extraction {"left": 1405, "top": 1040, "width": 770, "height": 795}. 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 .

    WEBSTER’S JOKER — Whelped in 1914

    Born: 1914 · Source-reported
    • Sire · G1 Not established
    • Dam · G1 Not established

Relatives

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

Relatives sharing a sire 5

Historical dossiers

Research dossier

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

The 1936 Colby book describes Webster's Joker as born in 1914, with Colby's Bunch and Colby's Rhody as parents. It identifies John P. Colby as breeder and W. J. Webster, Jr., of Columbia, Tennessee, as historical owner. The caption's 43 lb is a pit-weight report. This is a distinct named record from Trice's Joker in the existing catalogue.

  1. Historical birth report

    Source-reported

    The 1936 caption reports 1914; no exact birthday is established.

    Source · colby1936-caption-52

  2. Reported parents

    Source-reported

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

    Source · colby1936-caption-52
Bibliography

Bibliography

  1. Webster's Joker — 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 52,53; 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.