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RESTORATION- 1920s dapper man with his chow

It is a rare find to unearth 1920s photos of men with chows as the breed was considered more or a woman’s dog of the era. But I hit the jackpot on these 2 small snapshots of this Roaring 20’s spiffy gent wearing a “Gatsby” style boaters hat while posing for the Kodak Brownie camera […]

1950s Faithful Unto Death chow article-very touching true short story by Dr Coopernall

I have taken my brittle envelope of these photos , article drafts and correspondence out of my files multiple times to write this page. Each time as I re-read this very short story about Brandy the Chow and his devotion to his owners, I break down in tears and put it away to work on […]

1931 BUS HOBO book to be written. Chow named “Feng Shui” along for the ride/research

This story of crime novelist Jonathan Starr and his North American travels with his wife and chow named “Feng Shui”, came to my attention years ago and I am just now circling back to it! I didn’t want this one to escape making it into the ChowTales Archive or my memory for that matter. Ha!I […]

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