Archives for 2018

1925Actress/Singer Madge Saunders with her chow puppy

Madge Saunders was born on August 25, 1894 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was an actress, known for Tons of Money (1930) and The Divine Gift (1918). She was married to Leslie Henson. SOURCE IMBD These outstanding photos from 1925 I found in the National Portait Gallery London archive and am so grateful they allow other archives […]

1931 Mrs V.A. Mannooch of Choonam kennels with 5 beautiful chows . Glass plate negative

I could hardly believe my eyes when this glass plate negative arrived and I discovered it was indeed Mrs. Mannooch (Choonam Chows in England) and a string of 5 of her gorgeous homebreds! I hesitate to purchase glass negatives as they have a tendency to break in shipment, but I have lucked out with the last […]

Rare 1890 photo of missionaries returning from China with a Chow dog

This very faded cabinet card photo in my private collection was such a rare find that I wasn’t really concerned as much about the restoration as I was preserving the “moment in time”. Pre 1900’s photos of the Chinese chows brought to Europe or America, from their native land are elusive. The image was identified […]