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ANTIQUE CHOW POSTCARD COLLECTION – donated to the archives by Mary Counihan

It took some time, but I finally have all but a few of the 50 antique postcards that were graciously donated by Mary Counihan, scanned, labeled and archived. Most are undated with no postage, so that is another project for a rainy week….researching postcard backs to date them more precisely. Most of the cards in […]

1896 Book- An American Dog Abroad and the Foreign Dogs he Met – by Frank Pope Humphrey

My trail of research on the Princess of Wales and her chows, lead me to this charming book written in 1896 from the point of view of a traveling pug dog named “Tony”. The dog tells of his travels with his master to visit the dogs and pets of Royalty throughout England and beyond. […]

1895 ARTIST Ernest M. Jessop- silverpoint etchings of 2 chows owned by the Princess of Wales

Every time I unearth one of these elusive “oldest of the old” puzzle pieces in our British chow history I feel as though the lottery has been won. I purchased this single page from THE SKETCH magazine (England) to get a better look at this article and of course the 2 photos depicting Chows […]