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1927 ARTICLE -The Choonam Chow Chows -Country Life

Earlier in 2022 I ran across an original copy of this incredibly rare article highlighting Mrs Mannooch and her celebrated Choonam Chow Chows. This was written shortly after she sold the “Worlds most expensive Chow/dog” to America named Ch. Choonam Brilliantine (of Manchoover) Find the PDF I scanned of this rare article below, filled with […]

1920s Rare snapshots discovered of foundation chows “Pickles” and “Lenming”

CIRCA 1920- This is the first of 3 photos I am working on that represent the most influential Chow bitch of all time. Simply known as “Champion Pickles” These snapshots I obtained at auction from a seller in England with two of the dogs NAMED on the photos. I am pretty certain that the man […]

1910 CHANG of PEKOE named chow cabinet photo with surprise additions

This was such a rare find to discover this beautiful male chow in both an adult photo as well as its puppy photo complete with birthdate and show record. The photo to the left is in my personal collection and is a large professional cabinet card photograph of Chang as a young adult Later I […]

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