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Archives for January 2019

RESTORATION – Circa 1916 Fashionable woman with her chow

Circa 1916 Stylish woman with her chow. Couldn’t you just image this pair strutting up and down the Atlantic City Boardwalk back in the day? When I started restoring this image I wasn’t too hopeful as there was very little visible detail to the naked eye. Its amazing what scanning at 2000 dpi and an […]

TIME CAPSULE – 1901 – CHINESE CHUM America’s First Chow Champion

    Mr. and Mrs. Charles Proctor were instrumental in bringing in outstanding stock and getting some of the first chows noticed in the show ring. “Chinese Chum” was imported to America from English breeder H. Sawtell, by Mrs Proctor where he was was the winner of the first U.S. Chow Chow competition in 1905, […]

Circa early 1900’s – Chow Mascot aboard U.S.S Mississippi

This incredible original photo of a Chow Mascot aboard the U.S.S. Mississippi came to me with a group of images from a seller out of Canada. Every photo was more amazing then the next This is a real photo in my personal collection, and not a postcard. I cant help but wonder where they ship’s […]

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