Archives for 2019

RESTORATION-1914 Russian boy with his chow-RARE FIND

VERY RARE RUSSIAN IMAGE-CIRCA 1914 YOUNG RUSSIAN BOY WITH HIS CHOW DOG Considering the written history of Chows in Russia starts at about WWII , this image I purchased from Russia is an incredibly rare find. The back of the photo was dated in pencil November 1914. Could this be a Chinese chow or is it from England? […]

CURATED COLLECTION – AS IS – Vintage Chow Snapshots

This page of the archives I just started and am dedicating to snapshots in my collection that fall into this niche. As much as I love doing restoration and converting to black and white to see the details better, there are times when the photo is either too perfect “AS IS” to mess with a […]

Ch. Shon Ping – A Family discovery 1930s-1940s

How I love these random contacts from family members of famous old time Chow breeders! Cheryl Poliak emailed me at the suggestion of Vicki De Gruy of the CHOW CHOW CLUB INC., to pass on these photos and information she had of her great grandfather Perry Williams and his famous Shon-Ping Chow Kennels. As luck […]