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1966 – German actress Ingrid van Bergen with a chow

Our German readers will most likely know many the films that Ingrid van Bergen acted in. She had a long list of movies to her credit during her successful career acting, and featured with greats from America as well such as William Holden and Kirk Douglas in the 1960s. At the time of this writing […]

History of the Chow in Canada By Marguerite (Joey) Nattrass

The History of the Chow Chow in Canada A little background on how this article came to light. My wonderful chow friend Michelle Sept in Canada was writing the newsletter for her Chow Club and asked for some photos from ChowTales to add some “visuals” to the text. Of course, I was thrilled to oblige. […]

Late 1800’s German bookplate with a Chinese Spitz/chow photo

This late 1800s German bookplate shows a wonderful example of a very early Chinese chow. Thank you to Sandra Lindberg (a friend in Chinese Shar-Pei history circles) for the translation and to all those who generously offered to help ! This is such a very interesting article which had no date on the pages but […]

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