{"id":4228049,"date":"2016-03-01T08:30:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T08:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/time.com\/?p=4228049"},"modified":"2019-11-23T17:24:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T17:24:06","slug":"national-pig-day-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.life.com\/animals\/national-pig-day-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"And Now, Beautiful Photos of Pigs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pigs have generally gotten their cultural due. There&#8217;s a long line of fictional pigs, onscreen (Miss Piggy, Babe), in literature (E.B. White&#8217;s Wilbur; George Orwell&#8217;s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0characters in <em>Animal Farm<\/em>) and in verse (the little piggy that went &#8220;wee wee wee&#8221; all the way home). In 1972, Ellen Stanley, a schoolteacher and her sister Mary Lynne Rave decided that the animal deserved its own day in the mud. They founded National Pig Day, to be held annually on the first of March, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;to accord to the pig its rightful, though generally unrecognized, place as one of man&#8217;s most intellectual and domesticated animals.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, this is not quite a National holiday, but it does generate some happy celebrations in schools and zoos and game farms. At that time, or at any other, a more convenient way to observe might be to partake in the particular pleasures of pig portraits, such as these, produced by some of the 20th century&#8217;s greatest photographers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Liz Ronk edited this photo gallery for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LizabethRonk\">@lizabethronk<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4228057\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4228057 desc=\"Piglet, 1939.\" caption=\"Wallace Kirkland The LIFE Images Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Piglet, 1939.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2016\/02\/160217-national-pig-day-01-804x1024.jpg\" alt=\"National Pig Day\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Piglet, 1939.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Wallace Kirkland The LIFE Images Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4228058\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4228058 desc=\"Large sow eating an ear of corn, 1939.\" caption=\"Wallace Kirkland The LIFE Images Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Large sow eating an ear of corn, 1939.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2016\/02\/160217-national-pig-day-02-800x1024.jpg\" alt=\"National Pig Day\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Large sow eating an ear of corn, 1939.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Wallace Kirkland The LIFE Images Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4228059\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4228059 desc=\"A pig makes a sorrowful expression, 1941.\" caption=\"Herbert Gehr The LIFE Images Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"A pig makes a sorrowful expression, 1941.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2016\/02\/160217-national-pig-day-03-1024x1008.jpg\" alt=\"National Pig Day\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">A pig makes a sorrowful expression, 1941.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Herbert Gehr The LIFE Images Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4228060\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4228060 desc=\"A sow and her piglets at Super Pig Farm, Mt. Ararat Farms, 1945.\" caption=\"Thomas McAvoy The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"A sow and her piglets at Super Pig Farm, Mt. Ararat Farms, 1945.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2016\/02\/160217-national-pig-day-04-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"National Pig Day\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">A sow and her piglets at Super Pig Farm, Mt. Ararat Farms, 1945.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Thomas McAvoy The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4228061\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4228061 desc=\"A piglet at Super Pig Farm, Mt. Ararat Farms, 1945.\" caption=\"Thomas McAvoy The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"A piglet at Super Pig Farm, Mt. Ararat Farms, 1945.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2016\/02\/160217-national-pig-day-05-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"National Pig Day\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">A piglet at Super Pig Farm, Mt. Ararat Farms, 1945.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Thomas McAvoy The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4228062\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4228062 desc=\"A large pig roots through the mud, 1946.\" caption=\"Mark Kauffman The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"A large pig roots through the mud, 1946.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2016\/02\/160217-national-pig-day-06-775x1024.jpg\" alt=\"National Pig Day\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">A large pig roots through the mud, 1946.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Mark Kauffman The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4228065\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4228065 desc=\"Portrait of a sizable pig, 1946.\" caption=\"Mark Kauffman The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Portrait of a sizable pig, 1946.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2016\/02\/160217-national-pig-day-07-1024x788.jpg\" alt=\"National Pig Day\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Portrait of a sizable pig, 1946.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Mark Kauffman The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4228066\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4228066 desc=\"A pig wears ribbons for winning several contests in a livestock exposition, 1947.\" caption=\"George Skadding The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"A pig wears ribbons for winning several contests in a livestock exposition, 1947.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2016\/02\/160217-national-pig-day-08-1024x1015.jpg\" alt=\"National Pig Day\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">A pig wears ribbons for winning several contests in a livestock exposition, 1947.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Skadding The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4228067\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4228067 desc=\"A championship Yorkshire mother pig with piglets, 1948.\" caption=\"Francis Miller The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"A championship Yorkshire mother pig with piglets, 1948.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2016\/02\/160217-national-pig-day-09-786x1024.jpg\" alt=\"National Pig Day\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">A championship Yorkshire mother pig with piglets, 1948.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Francis Miller The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4228068\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4228068 desc=\"Priscilla the Performing Pig, 1949.\" caption=\"Francis Miller The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Priscilla the Performing Pig, 1949.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2016\/02\/160217-national-pig-day-10-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"National Pig Day\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Priscilla the Performing Pig, 1949.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Francis Miller The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4228069\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4228069 desc=\"Porkchop the pig relaxes in his backyard, 1952.\" caption=\"John Dominis The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Porkchop the pig relaxes in his backyard, 1952.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2016\/02\/160217-national-pig-day-11-1024x784.jpg\" alt=\"National Pig Day\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Porkchop the pig relaxes in his backyard, 1952.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">John Dominis The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4228070\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4228070 desc=\"A tiny piglet is held up for display, 1954.\" caption=\"Wallace Kirkland The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"A tiny piglet is held up for display, 1954.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2016\/02\/160217-national-pig-day-12-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"National Pig Day\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">A tiny piglet is held up for display, 1954.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Wallace Kirkland The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4228071\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4228071 desc=\"Mixed Yorkshire pigs on an Iowa farm, 1954.\" caption=\"Gordon Parks The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Mixed Yorkshire pigs on an Iowa farm, 1954.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2016\/02\/160217-national-pig-day-13-854x1024.jpg\" alt=\"National Pig Day\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Mixed Yorkshire pigs on an Iowa farm, 1954.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Gordon Parks The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4228072\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4228072 desc=\"Jan Bruene stands with Henrietta, a 700-lb. purebred Yorkshire sow, 1954.\" caption=\"Gordon Parks The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Jan Bruene stands with Henrietta, a 700-lb. purebred Yorkshire sow, 1954.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2016\/02\/160217-national-pig-day-14-1024x745.jpg\" alt=\"National Pig Day\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Jan Bruene stands with Henrietta, a 700-lb. purebred Yorkshire sow, 1954.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Gordon Parks The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4228073\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4228073 desc=\"Rear view of two hogs, 1954.\" caption=\"Al Fenn The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Rear view of two hogs, 1954.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2016\/02\/160217-national-pig-day-15-1024x1015.jpg\" alt=\"National Pig Day\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Rear 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