The single most fascinating chow item that shifted my focus in the Worldchow archives from displaying just my own collection on a website… to curating a full fledged archive, was sent to me by a dear friend I met in Italy a few years ago, Helene Vacchini. In her search for a book to find […]
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HOW NOW BROWN CHOW? THEY EXISTED IN 1922
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR PROSPECTIVE CHOW BUYERS: Since the very first CHOW STANDARDS were penned in 1906, both the English and American versions have stated only solid colored chows are acceptable, with the most recent Chow Standard stating only 5 distinct colors can be registered. Those being RED, BLACK, BLUE, CINNAMON (or fawn), AND CREAM. Over the […]
RARE DOCUMENTATION-CHINESE IMPORT ATTEMPT
This 1922 article is very rare documentation of an attempt to import numerous chow puppies from China. For me this is “local’ history as Mr. Alexander was from the Tacoma Washington area as you will see his estate (scroll down) Not all Chow history is a joy to research…. but as an archivist…history is history. […]
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