A lot of guesswork 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 restoration. […]
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)
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 […]
1885 – The story of Chinese Gordon and Wang the Chow
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 […]
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