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1936 Dance Team Billy & Beverly Bemis with their chow Ching Chong Yang at dog show

This photo above is in my private collection and what an unexpected find.  I had not heard of this amazing dancing duo before.  Along with the original 8×10 photo was a description of the scene.  The title reads: “SUMMER DOG SHOW ATTRACTS FILM COLONYITES” This was taken at the show held at the Ambassador Hotel, where […]

1937 Article : Chico, Heroine or Faker

  This story has been sitting in my stash donated by Mary Counihan for  some time.   Below you can see why I put off posting it as it needed some real work to make it readable.  The beautiful artwork on it’s own was worth the effort and I was also able to bring out enough […]

1934 Pedigree for Knif-Li with Steed’s Ching Foo Stud card

CLICK PEDIGREE TO VIEW FULL SIZE This amazing pedigree for female chow Knif-Li  was sent to the Chow Chow Club Inc. in 2016 (then mailed to me by Linda Albert) with the attached letter below.  Also in the package was  a stud card for one of America’s top stud dogs in the package.  This is […]

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