The Road to Lifestyle

I recently developed an interest in Tricky Dogs and started a collection. I was very surprised that there was no main source of historical information on Tricky Dogs online so I decided to document the information I could find and the specific information on the Tricky Dogs in my collection.  The oldest set in my collection was made by H. Fishlove & Co. in Chicago, Illinois. The box shows a copyright date of 1939.  Tricky Dogs H. Fishlove & Co. was founded in 1914 by a Ukranian immigrant named Chiam Fishelov and, per the company's Twitter account , is the "original gag novelty maker." The company was eventually guided by Irving Fishelov when Chiam died and ultimately Howard Fishlove after Irving passed away in 1968. Howard's son, Thomas, is on record with the Chicago Sun Times confirming that the family changed their name to "Fishlove."  According to a 2007 Chicago Tribune article , H. Fishlove & Co. was eventually sold to FUN Incorporated . To