RESTORATION -1920s Cabinet card. Woman and Chow England
I restored this beautiful image in black & white to better show off the details of the clothing and chow. with its detailed leather harness. More often than not, from my observations, Chows were pictured wearing a harness vs. a collar prior to the 1940s I love the detailing on the woman dress with the […]
Vintage Artist signed Chow horse brass by John E. Ellis
This beautiful horse brass, circa 1970 depicting a Chow Chow I found in England and it is such a beautifully detailed treasure. Measuring 4 1/4″ x 4 3/8″ it was created by the famous horse brass maker from England John E. Ellis and signed on the back with his stamp JEE . These ornate medallions, […]
1927 ARTICLE -The Choonam Chow Chows -Country Life
Earlier in 2022 I ran across an original copy of this incredibly rare article highlighting Mrs Mannooch and her celebrated Choonam Chow Chows. This was written shortly after she sold the “Worlds most expensive Chow/dog” to America named Ch. Choonam Brilliantine (of Manchoover) Find the PDF I scanned of this rare article below, filled with […]
1920s Rare snapshots discovered of foundation chows “Pickles” and “Lenming”
CIRCA 1920- This is the first of 3 photos I am working on that represent the most influential Chow bitch of all time. Simply known as “Champion Pickles” These snapshots I obtained at auction from a seller in England with two of the dogs NAMED on the photos. I am pretty certain that the man […]
1910 CHANG of PEKOE named chow cabinet photo with surprise additions
This was such a rare find to discover this beautiful male chow in both an adult photo as well as its puppy photo complete with birthdate and show record. The photo to the left is in my personal collection and is a large professional cabinet card photograph of Chang as a young adult Later I […]
1950s California Chow Specialty Show films are now digitized !
Back in February 2022, I posted about my Ebay find of 2 reels of 8mm film that featured Chow Specialty shows from the 1950s in California. (see collage above) I sent the reels out to a wonderful company called Memory Box to have them transferred digitally and here are the result of the transfer. The […]
1920s-30s MY-CHOW dog and cat food can
Circa 1920s-1930s MY-CHOW antique dog and cat food can This treasure is one of the most unique labels I’ve come across featuring a Chow in the graphic design. The charming drawing is on both sides of the can with an additional chow head silhouette on the back My research of both the can and printing method […]
CHOW BRAND Mt. Dora Fruit growers – Crate Labels and sign
Over the years of collecting Chow ephemera, I have run across the two beautiful vintage 1940-1950’s citrus crate labels you see at the bottom of this collage, a number of times. The blue one was a gift from my friend Layla! I adore the graphics and even have the black one hanging in my kitchen. […]
RESTORATION 1920S Woman and Chow
This photo came to my attention through my dear friend and fellow chowist in Finland, Riitta Ropponen. What a beautiful image and I simply had to have it! The original has darkened quite a bit and had some damage from tape that had stuck to the face area as well as some other exposed areas. […]
EVANDER BERRY WALL AND CHI CHI THE CHOW
EXCERPTS FROM THE NEW YORK SOCIAL DIARY Evander Berry Wall: King of the Dudes “There is one colorful society leader who, if he were around today, surely would have thought he had died and gone to heaven had he been in New York last week. Social arbiter, international clotheshorse, and legendary lover of […]
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