Archives for March 2014

COUNT SALM VON HOOGSTRAATEN 1931

I am in love with the chow in this photo. His coloring is very striking.. I have been trying to find out more about Mrs. G. Barker (pictured) to find out if she owned this dog with no luck. This is one of my all time favorite photos. Count Ludwig “Ludi” von Salm-Hoogstraeten (24 […]

PRINCESS POUTIATINE AND HER SMOOTH CHOW

This photo in my personal collection is hauntingly beautiful. The American woman “Shirley Manning” , married into Russian Royalty, and her smooth chow in this stunning photo is lovely. The chow and Princess equally serious with a sense of elegance and grace. The excerpt below was on the back of this circa 1935 photo UPDATE: […]

ODETTE MYRTIL VAUDEVILLE ACTRESS

Here is an actress you may never have heard of but wow….I sure would love to have met her. What a snappy dresser and look at those shoes!! Her chow is just as lovely as it can be in both of these images by the famous photographer Bassano, circa 1920 Odette Myrtil (June 28, 1898 […]