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RESTORATION Early 1900s 2 chows and a horse hitching ring

What a random find this was and it seems like there are times these treasures find ME, vs the other way around. First, the listing was not labeled as having chows in it but was titled “bears”. Then once I converted the image to black and white and enlarged it, a wonderful surprise appeared to […]

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 […]

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