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1904 First Edition Hondenrassen – 8 Chow pages- H.A. Graaf Van Bylandt

HONDENRASSEN (The Breeds Of Dog)   by H. A. Graaf Van Bylandt, These 8 chow pages come from a first edition 1904 of this extremely rare  hardback dog book, with each of 2 volumes containing about 800 pages!  The chow pages are from VOLUME 2.   Each book boasts hundreds of stunning illustrations and photographs of the […]

1890’S TREASURE – Great Grandson of English Chow breeder Ellen Woodcock contacts ChowTales

  Below is an email from Peter Woodcock to Sandra Miller  January, 2021 “Sandra, there are no coincidences in this World. I believe on some level my Dad, Reginald T. Woodcock, through the “Ether” sent me on a mission to fill in the gaps of Dads early life at 8 yrs old.   This early life […]

RESTORATION -Early 1900’s large photo of woman and chow. Possibly Mrs Wagstaff?

  Circa early 1900’s , this is the finished restored image that I showed the video of last week on ChowTales Facebook page. The dark sepia tone was my biggest challenge to get the details from , but I managed to pull the most out of this magnificent image.  The biggest surprise were the womans’ […]

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