Archives for 2022

CHOW BRAND Mt. Dora Fruit growers – Crate Labels and sign

Over the years of collecting Chow ephemera, I have run across the two beautiful vintage 1940-1950’s citrus crate labels you see at the bottom of this collage, a number of times. The blue one was a gift from my friend Layla! I adore the graphics and even have the black one hanging in my kitchen. […]

RESTORATION 1920S Woman and Chow

This photo came to my attention through my dear friend and fellow chowist in Finland, Riitta Ropponen. What a beautiful image and I simply had to have it! The original has darkened quite a bit and had some damage from tape that had stuck to the face area as well as some other exposed areas. […]

EVANDER BERRY WALL AND CHI CHI THE CHOW

EXCERPTS FROM THE NEW YORK SOCIAL DIARY Evander Berry Wall: King of the Dudes “There is one colorful society leader who, if he were around today, surely would have thought he had died and gone to heaven had he been in New York last week. Social arbiter, international clotheshorse, and legendary lover of […]