1907 Postcard featuring unique chow depiction
1907 POSTCARD MILTON KENNEL SERIES 594 How could I not add this unusual depiction of a “chow” to my collection? It shows just how varied the descriptions were of the breed back in the late 1800’s-early 1900’s when the “Standard” had only just been written in England. Chows were described by travelers and writers with […]
RESTORATION -1920’s NY College woman with Chow Puppy-New Paltz
When I was given the opportunity to purchase 2 photos of this young woman named Kathleen G. Trover with her chow puppy I jumped at the chance! This is the first of two restorations I did of these tiny 2″ x 3″ snapshots. The back of the photo says in pen “Kathleen G. Trover – […]
RESTORATIONS- 1940’S AND 1952 Family moments with Chows
Its been a while since I sat down at my scanner . I have a habit of going “down the rabbit hole” and not being able to tear myself away from these projects once I start, I miss working on restorations and decided it was time to get back to the business of having fun […]
RESTORATION- 1920’s Man with Chow on porch
This wonderful little 2×3″ photo is from the early 1920s and was in pretty bad condition. I took the restoration to this point and decided any more fussing would be overdoing it. What a unique image of this fella and his chow. I love the vest and tie he is wearing and the surprise was […]
1930 RARE Smooth chow trade card
This is such an unusual trade card I simply had to have it for the ChowTales archives . I was actually surprised no one else was bidding on this unique piece of smooth chow ephemera (my lucky day) !! The chow in this photo reminds me SO much of the smooth chow pictured below from […]
Legacy Breeder -OMAR CHOWS- Mrs Bernard Cuthbert – Photos donated from the family
Mrs. Bernard Cuthbert of Omar Chows (England) in one of her amazing photoshoots around 1930 Its moments like this that take my breath away as a Chowist, historian, and archivist. To have this rare opportunity to connect with a family member of a legend in Chow history is an absolute honor. To archive these invaluable […]
1932 First Annual Chow Specialty- Hollywood celebrities showing their Chows
This tiny newspaper snippet from April 30, 1932 is the only evidence I’ve found that this show existed. Surely the press must have been present the following day, May 1st to document this interesting occasion! In the 1930’s anything to do with movie stars was covered at length! I’m still doing a lot of digging […]
1935 Chow puppies hand tinted Christmas Card
I recently acquired this darling hand-tinted Christmas card dated 1935 inside. It was printed in England with the text inside “All lined up to wish you a Merry Christmas”. The card was signed under the printed text from an Aunt and Uncle. I had not seen this card previously in all my years of collecting […]
BOOK 1950 MAN MEETS DOG author Konrad Lorenz
ABOVE ORIGINAL ARTWORK by artist Germana Conca ©2004 “Konrad Lorenz con il suo Chow” Watercolor and Pastel on paper Konrad Lorenz (1903-1989) was an Austrian zoologist, regarded as one of the founders of modern ethology ..the study of animal behavior. Thank you to my very helpful ChowTales friend and follower Jeff Austin for showing me […]
1907 Very rare chow pages and photos from the Melbourne Sporting Library
The pages from this incredibly rare book from 1907 called Melbourne Sporting Library I purchased from a private seller recently and am so pleased to have found them in pristine condition. I left the pages in their original sepia tones (no color adjustments) as I love to see the patina on such perfectly preserved documents. […]
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