EARLIEST MENTIONS OF IMPORTED CHOWS FROM CHINA

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This category may contain duplicates of posts found in other categories on this site, but I felt they needed to also be grouped into a special category of their own for ease of research sake. You will find some of the earliest mentions of Chinese chows , chowlike imports from China, and early chow likenesses in art and photos in these posts. Some you may need to scroll around a bit but the references are there (eg stud book entries ...look for Chinese imports)

BOOK- 1965- The early history of the English Chow by E.A. Burrows- for Chow of the Year Show

CLICK HERE TO READ THE 32 PAGE BOOKLET I HAVE ASSEMBLED IN PDF FORMAT This is indeed a treasure !!!!! Published in 1965, this 32 page booklet was created specifically for the first CHOW OF THE YEAR show in England, by long time breeder E. A. Burrows (PENHOW smooth chows) . The author who was well […]

1904 Very rare photo of a Chow and a bear aboard a Navy ship – possible China imports

A lot of guess work goes into the unraveling of the story behind this photo so if anyone has better answers I welcome all feedback! This extremely faded image was sent to the archives by Mary Counihan in hopes that I could preserve and get a bit more out if the original through digital […]

1898 Kai Tai – A very early smooth chow in Philadelphia -W.R. Furness owner

As in so many of my finds, this exciting little article depicting a smooth chow being strolled about in Philadelphia’s Washington Square, led me down another very interesting path! The first thing that stood out is the early date of this “smooth” Kai Tai being mentioned in the article. So far this is […]