Archives for 2016

Restoration projects – Early 1900’s women and chows

I have been working on restorations from my personal chow snapshots collection for a book I am planning that highlights Chows in imagery, from the late 1800’s until about the 1950s. I really hope I can find the time to get it all pulled together in 2016. Not all photos reveal as much detail as […]

1912 Mrs Overton shows her Chinese import chow in Los Angeles

Charming newspaper images of chows and their owners are rarely found in such beautiful condition. Newsprint bleeds or darkens over time. Many times only the dog or owner will be visible. This clipping from a Los Angeles newspaper tells one of the earliest Chinese chow imports to the west coast being exhibited in Southern California. […]

1880-1906 Timeline & AKC Studbooks – Earliest American Chow History

ABOVE IS A RARE PHOTO OF CHOW AND POMERANIAN JUDGING IN THE EARLY 1900’S AT THE MINEOLA DOG SHOW IN NEW YORK Below you will find a timeline I created of the earliest chows, breeders and importers in America . The first 3 entries show some conflicting information as to who the first chows shown […]