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1931 The Johnsen Family plays dressup with their chow “Jack”

Back of Photo Harpersfield 1931 Annette, Mrs Johnsen, Mother Olsen, Mother Hansen (or Johnsen) Arthur Johnsen

How could you not smile at this beautiful girl playing dressup with her chow? The glasses make it!


There are certain old photos that just make me chuckle and count my blessings that I am owned and  loved by this amazing breed.  The people who adore the Chow from past to present day are equally delightful as you will see in these photos I restored.  These were tough ones to fix so I settled on just getting some detail to come through so that the chow and fun loving family could “party on” for a few more years to come.

  I purchased  these 8 very faded and tiny photos from an abandoned family album,  based on what I thought looked like a chow dressed up in a night shirt and cap,  and ended finding I wanted to belong to this fun loving family from Florida and meet their chow “Jack”.   This dog had a good sense of humor to be dressed up for these photoshoots!

Screen Shot 2016-03-22 at 5.44.06 PMThe photos above are the original snapshots I scanned at 1200 dpi and loaded into my media files. So faded and small

Early 1930's family with their Chow Jack 12016-03-22 (1)Above is one of the 1931 photos of the darker chow with this very attractive couple

1931
ABOVE:  1931 photo of the whole family with the chow on the chair in his nightshirt and night cap.    Lets party!!!

 

Back of Photo Harpersfield 1931 Annette, Mrs Johnsen, Mother Olsen, Mother Hansen (or Johnsen) Arthur Johnsen
This photo was in bad shape but thank goodness I was able to crop the girl and chow out.
Back of Photo
Harpersfield 1931
Annette, Mrs Johnsen, Mother Olsen, Mother Hansen (or Johnsen)
Arthur Johnsen

 

The photos below are from 1932 with some wonderful notations hand written on the back including people and dog names.


 

Back of Photo 1933
Back of Photo:  1933
Ellen and Jack 1932
Ellen and Jack 1932

 

Back of photo "Jack" 1931 Harpersfield
Back of photo
“Jack” 1931 Harpersfield

 

Jack 1932
Back of Photo: Jack 1932

 

Back of Photo "Jack" 1932
Back of Photo “Jack” 1932

 

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