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It is amazing how many of the rich and famous... from silent films, to politics, and socialites adored their chows. The breed was quite the status symbol in America from the turn of the century through the 1940's and many stars even showed chows.
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Circa 1915-1917 Eleanor Roosevelt – WWI Nurses and Soldiers pictured with a Chow

This is by far one of the most unique and amazing photos in my personal collection, I can’t begin to tell you how intriguing this is to me…..the story this tells just screams out for more research. Eleanor Roosevelt is in the center of the photo with her Chow? Was this a Red Cross […]

1950’s – German Actress Sonja Ziemann and her Chow

I was so fortunate to be able to acquire this studio portrait of this beautiful German actress and her Chow ….the dog is either smiling or growing at the camera person. I found another photo of Sonja with what looks to be the same dog on Getty Images website but am unable to share it […]

CELEBRITY – 1920’s Gloria Swanson – Silent Film star owned 2 chows

It is always such a happy surprise when one of our ChowTales readers pops in to leave me a message about one of their chow history finds. So many times I have a part of the puzzle that is waiting for more information and this is one of those classic examples Chowist, Marianne Lähde […]