1941 Calendar artwork of a chow, by the famous illustrator Will Rannells
I’m still pinching myself and can’t believe I was able to purchase this very rare, 1941 calendar page featuring a chow but none other than the well known canine artist Will Rannells. Mr. Rannells was know for his many LIFE magazine covers as well as other magazines. His dogs were mostly well dressed with […]
1909 – Two Rare Articles and Photos-The Chows of Sandringham
King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra we true devotees to the dog sport, housing dozens of popular and rare breeds in their kennels at Sandringham and attending dog shows with their Royal canines. How fortunate I was to recently purchase 2 rare articles from England, each featuring a different chow from their Royal kennels. […]
BOOK- 1933 First Edition Dog’Gerel – Illustrations by the famous Cleanthe Carr
Recently I obtained my long anticipated, first edition mint condition copy of Dog’Gerel. A wonderful book of dog breeds written by Esther Kimball Hartshorne, and illustrated by the famous illustrator and chowist, Cleanthe Carr who started her career as a teenager. The book features one of her chow illustrations on the cover as well as […]
Circa 1940 Postcard from France by Germaine Bouret
Circa 1940 Postcard from France by Germaine Bouret This absolutely charming postcard was sent to me in a message by a ChowTales follower Filippo Gianola who also adds the following information below. Thank you so very much Filippo for sharing this rare beauty with us!! “It is interesting to watch the work of this designer […]
RESTORATION- Circa 1900 England Gibson Girl and her dogs
This photo came to me with a number of issues I needed to address, such as permanent fingerprints on the right side of the photo and bad fading in the same area. A crop to focus in on the subject matter helped a ton but hundreds of minute scratches needed to be healed out of […]
1920-1940 Reverse Intaglio crystal Chow bracelet and ring in private collection
ABOVE PHOTO COURTESY THE HAMSHERE GALLERY It is always so exciting when someone contacts me who owns a piece of Chow art history, but when it can be traced back in time , it makes the “find” all the sweeter. The person who is the current owner of this reverse intaglio crystal bracelet and ring […]
Circa 1938 Pilot and Chow in airplane
This will always be a favorite photo in my private collection. I have had it on the front page of ChowTales since its inception but neglected to post about it on my blog so here it is! On the back of this original 8×10 press photo it says “Jeff Warren, Los Angeles, transport pilot and […]
1920’s rare image by photographer H.R. Cremer of woman and her chow
I recently purchased this incredible 8″ x 10″ original photograph (the sepia inset) which was taken by the famous American photographer H.R. Cremer. (see more below). This stunning woman with her chow by her side is sitting on one of two travel trunks, covered in stickers showing ports of call. hotels and other destination identifications, […]
1920 Benched Dog Show snapshot-RARE – 3 chows-possibly Mrs Waller of Sum Chows
CIRCA 1920’s – This incredible original rare photo came from a home snapshot that I purchased many years ago. It will always remain among my favorite chow images from this era. After studying images of this woman for a long time, I am fairly convinced this is Mrs Virginia Waller of Sum Chows sitting with […]
1917 Mrs William Baer of Moosilauke Kennels with 4 of her Chows
What a rarity this 1917 Newspaper photo is, featuring Mrs William Baer (wife of Dr William Baer of Johns Hopkins Hospital fame) and her string of 4 lovely chows. The Moosilauke Kennel is one of the oldest American chow kennels and was comprised of many top European imports. In fact, Mrs Baer was the woman […]
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