C. M. Coolidge, known for his “poker playing dogs”, was a brilliant man with innovative ideas and an entrepreneurial instinct about art. Coolidge created 16 paintings of dogs - seven that portrayed dogs playing pool. The other nine were dogs surrounding a poker table. After his success with painting dogs, a new idea provided him a profitable income. He started the invention of “Comic Foregrounds”, which are wooden life-size cartoon stand-ups with the face cut out so that one can place their head for funny photos.

C. M. Coolidge, known for his “poker playing dogs”, was a brilliant man with innovative ideas and an entrepreneurial instinct about art. Coolidge created 16 paintings of dogs - seven that portrayed dogs playing pool. The other nine were dogs surrounding a poker table. After his success with painting dogs, a new idea provided him a profitable income. He started the invention of “Comic Foregrounds”, which are wooden life-size cartoon stand-ups with the face cut out so that one can place their head for funny photos.