RESTORATION- 1920s dapper man with his chow
It is a rare find to unearth 1920s photos of men with chows as the breed was considered more or a woman’s dog of the era. But I hit the jackpot on these 2 small snapshots of this Roaring 20’s spiffy gent wearing a “Gatsby” style boaters hat while posing for the Kodak Brownie camera […]
1950s Faithful Unto Death chow article-very touching true short story by Dr Coopernall
I have taken my brittle envelope of these photos , article drafts and correspondence out of my files multiple times to write this page. Each time as I re-read this very short story about Brandy the Chow and his devotion to his owners, I break down in tears and put it away to work on […]
1931 BUS HOBO book to be written. Chow named “Feng Shui” along for the ride/research
This story of crime novelist Jonathan Starr and his North American travels with his wife and chow named “Feng Shui”, came to my attention years ago and I am just now circling back to it! I didn’t want this one to escape making it into the ChowTales Archive or my memory for that matter. Ha!I […]
Show Chow Trivia from vintage magazine pages
These 6 wonderful TRIVIA pages from old Dog News Magazines are filled with invaluable stats on some of our most prominent show winners of the past Many thanks to Susan Hassett for gifting these treasures to the archive
CELEBRITY-1930s Florence George Opera singer /actress with chow
I have the original studio photo of this beautiful opera singer/actress Florence George” in my collection and love how the chow has his tongue all the way out in this shot. What incredible pigment this dog has!!!
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 […]
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