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Demolition of the stunning 1920’s Oriental pagoda The Far East Kennels

Last week was quite the whirlwind,  when it comes to new chow history surfacing out of the blue, although this breakthrough about Far East Kennels being demolished (see below)  made me gasp out loud and then I cried….I know I’m far too sentimental over these historic things, but what a loss this was to the […]

CIRCA 1920’S -1940’S CHOW SCRAPBOOK AND ALBUM donated by Mike and Ruth Kepner

CLICK HERE  FOR THE 134 PAGE ALBUM…….. USE THE + AND – SYMBOLS TO ADJUST TEXT SIZE Feast your  eyes on  134 PAGES of fascinating chow history, stud dog cards, clippings, personal photographs with hand written notations, along with some real surprises to this curator…….. compiled years ago by American chow breeder Muriel Knapp,  ……years later […]

RARE Chow history items gifted to the archive by Christine Cameron

  Circa 1911 this gorgeous antique magazine page shows one of the top foundation dogs of our breed, as Red Craze was the most influential as a stud dog for his correct head type , scowl and expression The bottom photo is an incredible image as well, depicting the isolation kennel of Kwhy Chows. This […]

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  • 1930 TIME CAPSULE- CH. FAR LAND THUNDERGUST -3X National and Westminster winner
  • BREED PIONEER – The GREENACRE KENNELS of Actor-Director E.K. Lincoln
  • BREED PIONEER -1911-1933 Claire Knapp Penney Dixon and her Clairedale Chows
  • BREED PIONEER- 1920’s – EUGENE BYFIELD – Chino Kennels, Grasmere Farms
  • COLLECTION – Circa 1924 – Photo collection from England – Possibly Mrs David Wags...
  • 1918 ARTICLE- Rare images of breeders and chows. Mention of first Chow specialty to come in 1920
  • ARTICLE – 1939 Tally Ho (of Flora Bonney) Launches a New Era
  • The Chow in Russia – A complete timeline of the breed history by Tatiana Zakharova
  • 1924 ARTICLE – The Ledgeland’s Kennels of Mrs David Wagstaff
  • Rare advertisements gifted to the ChowTales archive by Layla Loveless. Thank you!!!
  • A special treasure from the Far East Kennels Zifferer family
  • Demolition of the stunning 1920’s Oriental pagoda The Far East Kennels
  • ARTICLE -1936 Country Life Magazine-Mrs. Mannooch and her famous Choonam Chows – Rare find
  • ARTICLE- Mrs Mannooch and her famous Choonam Chows of the 1920s-1940s
  • 1920s ink blotter ad- Lyonore Metal- featuring the Far East Chow Kennel
  • 1917 Mrs William Baer of Moosilauke Kennels with 4 of her Chows
  • 1920 Benched Dog Show snapshot-RARE – 3 chows-possibly Mrs Waller of Sum Chows
  • 1890’S TREASURE – Great Grandson of English Chow breeder Ellen Woodcock contacts ChowTal...
  • 1904 First Edition Hondenrassen – 8 Chow pages- H.A. Graaf Van Bylandt
  • 1907 Very rare chow pages and photos from the Melbourne Sporting Library
  • 1907 Photo of Miss Armyne Gordon and chows – Lady’s Realm Magazine
  • RESTORATION -JUNE 1926 Mineola Long Island Dog show- RARE- Chow entry photo
  • OMAR CHOW family photos- Priceless chow and child playing dressup
  • 1920s Rare snapshots discovered of foundation chows “Pickles” and “Lenming”
  • ARTICLE -1940 When Chows Discovered America
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