C. Gardner Sullivan was born on September 18, 1884 in Stillwater, Minnesota, USA as Crawford Gardner Sullivan. He is known for his work on All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Alibi (1929) and Hell’s Hinges (1916). SOURCE IMBD This 1922 newspaper snippet makes me very curious , what part of “Siberia” this chow […]
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1914 E.J. Detmold Chow Illustration – The Book of Baby Dogs
This unusual 93 year old chromolithograph is from the book “FABRE’S BOOK OF BABY DOGS” by E.J. Detmold, published in 1914 by Hodder & Stoughton of New York. E J Detmold (1883-1957) and his twin brother Maurice were prolific Victorian book illustrators. Maurice died in 1908 from inhaling chloroform. Detmold was a well known illustrator […]
1910 Suzanne Desprès – French Actress and her Chow
This beautiful photo of actress Suzanne Despres, comes from a magazine highlighting Theatre stars and their companion pets from 1910. You can almost hear the actress saying ” now look pretty at the camera…stay still” Suzanne Desprès (16 December 1875 – 1 July 1951) was a French actress who was born at Verdun, Meuse and […]
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