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. […]
Circa 1975 Chow illustration bookplate by Swiss animal artist Willy E. Bär
Circa 1975 Bookplate by Swiss animal artist Willy E. Bär. This lovely watercolor features both a red and black chow. Such a pretty rendering of our breed. This print was purchased from Amsterdam and is in my private collection.
1904 First Edition Hondenrassen – 8 Chow pages- H.A. Graaf Van Bylandt
HONDENRASSEN (The Breeds Of Dog) by H. A. Graaf Van Bylandt, These 8 chow pages come from a first edition 1904 of this extremely rare hardback dog book, with each of 2 volumes containing about 800 pages! The chow pages are from VOLUME 2. Each book boasts hundreds of stunning illustrations and photographs of the […]
Circa 1976 Russian artist Dmitry Zhilinsky- an emotional portrait of the artist and his chow.
Circa 1976- Russian artist Dmitry Zhilinsky created a self-portrait based on a specific event from his personal life. “At the artist’s house in Novobutakovo, a car hit his chow dog, nicknamed Chan. In the picture, Zhilinsky portrayed himself at night half-naked with a dead animal in his arms. In the opening of the gate, there […]
1927 3 Press Photos of Grace Coolidge and the presidential Chow puppy Tiny Tim
Just when I think I have every press photo imaginable of the Coolidge family and their chows, another one comes along to delight me!!! The image being very old and yellowed as well as blurry took some serious restoration work to bring out the details of the Chow etc, but I think you can now […]
CIRCA 1938 Augusta Savage with a chow puppy-leading African American artist
This photo was brought to my attention this weekend when my Facebook friend Susan told me about a rescue chow puppy being adopted with the namesake of “Augusta”. Susan writes “Augusta’s adopter shared a fascinating story and photo with me and plans to keep Augusta’s name. It turns out that Augusta Savage, who Augusta was […]
1920’s Man/priest by a church with his chow
CIRCA 1920S – When I purchased this photo I wasn’t quite sure if it was a chow next to this man. From the other photos in the album it was assumed he was a priest and possibly from South Dakota. The church in the background is stunning. Once I enlarged and cropped the photo , […]
1890’S TREASURE – Great Grandson of English Chow breeder Ellen Woodcock contacts ChowTales
Below is an email from Peter Woodcock to Sandra Miller January, 2021 “Sandra, there are no coincidences in this World. I believe on some level my Dad, Reginald T. Woodcock, through the “Ether” sent me on a mission to fill in the gaps of Dads early life at 8 yrs old. This early life […]
1902-1912 Early Kennel Club registered Chows in England-donated by Chris Clucas
Some time ago, one of my favorite chowists in England and breed history buff, Chris Clucas sent me scans of all the earlier Chow studbook records from The Kennel Club in England, beginning in January of 1902. At the time when I received the scans, I was immersed in some other project and never did […]
1912 – 1914 Early Kennel Club registered Chows in England-donated by Chris Clucas
This page continues, picking up at 1912 from the earlier England Kennel Club stud book entries 1902-1912 . Generously donated by Chris Clucas CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FIRST PAGE
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