THE CHOWTALES PHOTO RESTORATION PROJECT

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1904 Very rare photo of a Chow and a bear aboard a Navy ship – possible China imports

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. […]

RESTORATION – 1929 Chow in Fire Engine at Saranac Lake NY Firemans’ Convention – Norwood engine

I do believe this awesome image above has become the Holy Grail in my collection of Chows with vehicles. What a unique find!! You can see a bit more of my restoration of this very blurry and scratched photo as you scroll below. I even managed to find documentation of the Firemans’ convention in a […]

1930’s Chow in a photo booth

1.5″ x 2″ hand tinted photo booth image Of course I most likely paid too much for this adorable peanut sized photo ……BUT…….how many 1930’s Chow Chow in photo booth images do you run across…..so far this is a first…… in 40 years of avid collecting. To make this an even sweeter find, the […]