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MODEL FOR 1941 CHOW STANDARD DISCOVERED

What a red letter day it was yesterday when a surprise package arrived in the mail from long time chowist Mary Counihan.  Lo and behold a large priority mail box packed to the gills with historical chow ephemera, articles, photographs….you name it!!!    I was like a kid in a candy store.  As I excitedly paged […]

DELORES DEL RIO 1920S ACTRESS

This very special original photo is in my personal collection as an 8×10 studio publicity photoshoot proof and highly prized for its rarity by collectors of antique cinema memorabilia.  I learned a lot about the exotic and brilliant Delores Del Rio  in researching the photo.  What a charming image and this is indeed her chow. […]

GEORGE VERNON STOKES paintings

GEORGE VERNON STOKES (British, 1873-1954) George Vernon Stokes (1873 – 1954) was an illustrator of great renown, who made pictures and drawings for scores of dog encyclopedias, breed books, and stories. Together with his sister Cynthia Harnett, Stokes produced numerous large format illustrated children’s stories with a dog or dogs as central characters. His paintings […]

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