This late 1800s German bookplate shows a wonderful example of a very early Chinese chow. Thank you to Sandra Lindberg (a friend in Chinese Shar-Pei history circles) for the translation and to all those who generously offered to help ! This is such a very interesting article which had no date on the pages but […]
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)
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 […]
1899 -New additions to Admiral Dewey and his chow “Bob” article
TREASURE ALERT-A NEW/OLD PHOTO OF “BOB” ! Leslies Weekly magazine ” DEWEY NUMBER” CIRCA 1899 In this huge publication I spied what I was searching for and purchased the entire magazine to save this image for the archives. Onboard the USS Olympia, Admiral Dewey’s crew are keeping busy while the Admiral’s chow mascot “Bob” looks […]
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