I get so excited when one archive post leads to another…then another, and yet another…but by the time I get all the photos, text, newspapers etc in front of me, my mind is spinning and I forget what I was searching for in the first place. Granted, this is a GOOD problem and […]
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- 1899 MODERN DOGS by Rawdon B. Lee Non Sporting Edition
This very old documentation of the earliest imports of Chows from China was written by the well-known expert on Foreign dogs of the Day Mr. W.K. Taunton. Taunton owned the lovely “Chinese Puzzle” pictured below which was considered the first “chow” to be shown in England, however, in retrospect she was most likely another one […]
Rare 1890 photo of missionaries returning from China with a Chow dog
This very faded cabinet card photo in my private collection was such a rare find that I wasn’t really concerned as much about the restoration as I was preserving the “moment in time”. Pre 1900’s photos of the Chinese chows brought to Europe or America, from their native land are elusive. The image was identified […]
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