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Rare are the images found of exhibitors showing their dogs pre 1900 when the personal camera or "Brownie" came onto the scene. Prior to then, the camera exposures were so long that impromptu images taken at shows were pretty much out of the question. So different from today where throngs of digital photographers are snapping and selling dog show "candids" to their happy clients. You will find a variety of subjects in this category that i hope give a feel for what it would be like being at a dog show of yesteryear.
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1928 Chow Club National Specialty marked catalog

  Circa 1928 Chow Chow Club of America National specialty, MARKED catalog. Thank you so very much Paul Davis for scanning this unbelievably RARE and valuable piece of chow history for the archives and mailing me the copies.  Below you will find a photo of some of the breeders of this era mentioned time and time again […]

1965 Crufts Dog Show – England- video and catalog of chow entry

Above and below you will find screen shots I took from the video (scroll down) highlighting a few of the chows benched at the 1965 Crufts Dog Show in England…including a SMOOTH!.  You will see the chows on the video at about time marker 5:56.   Curiosity got the best of me , so I went […]

Circa 1896- Photo of puppy class at the Ladies Kennel Association show – England

LADIES KENNEL ASSOCIATION  THE FIRST 100 YEARS  (photo credit)   – The puppy class circa 1896 The article below was one of two  that I had saved for reference written by Nic Waters of Dog World UK magazine, which no longer exists since July 2017.   The photo was so tiny and I did my […]

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