Name/Title
DaisyEntry/Object ID
1901.15.1Description
Taxidermy dog on a bed.Context
Daisy was the beloved pet dog of Portage Township resident Helen Slanger. After Daisy was hit by a car and killed in the early 1930s, she was preserved by a local taxidermist using a plaster form, an advanced technique for the time. Daisy remained with the Slanger family until she was donated to the museum in 1974. In 2017, taxidermist Jim Phares of Phares Taxidermy in Westville, Indiana, restored Daisy. Phares remembered seeing her in the museum as a child. Originally named “Chism,” the moniker "Daisy" was applied later as she became a favorite of museum visitors.Acquisition
Accession
1901.15Acquisition Method
Found in Collection