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 […]
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 ARTICLE – NY Paper reports of the new fad in London of owning Chow dogs.
I am heading up this very early newspaper article from our breed history with another outstanding find in my personal archives. It depicts just 3 years after the article, a chow dog being “catered” to in the famous Kensington Gardens of London. It sets into perspective how quickly this Chow fad took hold in […]
1914- 8 Chinese import chows – Judge William P. James – 1st west coast chow kennel
This 1914 article from the Los Angeles times is really interesting in the number of imports the Judge brought from China during a time when the chow was rarely seen on the west coast, in fact the article states the judge had the ONLY kennel of chows on the west coast. Most chows in these […]
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