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1940’s Girl with chow on glider restoration project

GIRL ON CLIDER WITH CHOW RESTORATION

This is one of those photos I took a risk on purchasing pretty much knowing it would not be able to be salvaged enough for my book, but I found it so charming I had to have it.  It reminded me so much of the photos I have of me and my Chow Lillian on our swing in the garden .

Lillian and I in our yard after a long day of gardening
Lillian and I in our yard after a long day of gardening

After scanning this teeny 2″x3″ photo at 1500 DPI, I found there was much more to this image INCLUDING hundreds of hairline scratches everywhere!

You can see on the closeup of the chow face how badly damaged he was but I was determined, spending an entire sunny autumn Saturday morning indoors trying to bring this little chow back to life using my Photoshop retouching skills.  I’m pretty pleased with this so far and still have some work left to do.

Also I learned a lot about photo borders trying to research the date on this image.  This particular border was produced in the 1940’s by ELKO photography in Kansas City MO.

1946 ADVERTISEMENT FOR ELKO CAMERA STORE IN THE KANSAS CITY STAR NEWSPAPER
1946 ADVERTISEMENT FOR ELKO CAMERA STORE IN THE KANSAS CITY STAR NEWSPAPER

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I do my best to be as accurate as possible in my research, however many times written history finds a way to "morph" over time. I love your comments and appreciate all feedback, additions and corrections my readers have to offer to help make this a well rounded and accurate archive.

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