Archives for 2014

CLARK GABLE WITH HIS CHOWS

OH SWOON!!!!!! I have been wanting to post this photo above for a while and kind of got sidetracked…UNTIL I found the following photo of Clark Gable with a single puppy while researching Joan Crawford’s chow. I have always adored Clark Gable and now…. even moreso….double swoon! I’m not certain which of these puppies was […]

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: […]