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THE CHOWTALES PHOTO RESTORATION PROJECT

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RESTORATION- 1928 Mom and kids with their Chow puppy

I am so in love with this photo. Everything about it screams out the Roaring 20’s!!! A photo that could be easily dated without a date written on it! The wardrobe alone was worth acquiring this image for my private collection. Very little work had to be done to restore this beauty! A picture is […]

RESTORATION Early 1900s 2 chows and a horse hitching ring

What a random find this was and it seems like there are times these treasures find ME, vs the other way around. First, the listing was not labeled as having chows in it but was titled “bears”. Then once I converted the image to black and white and enlarged it, a wonderful surprise appeared to […]

RESTORATION- 1920s dapper man with his chow

It is a rare find to unearth 1920s photos of men with chows as the breed was considered more or a woman’s dog of the era. But I hit the jackpot on these 2 small snapshots of this Roaring 20’s spiffy gent wearing a “Gatsby” style boaters hat while posing for the Kodak Brownie camera […]

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  • RESTORATION – Photo – 1930 man with chow begging
  • Very rare find -Edwardian Woman in horseless carriage with chow puppy
  • 1890’s-1900 glass plate negatives of a Chinese Chow in southern England
  • RESTORATION – Couple with a Chow in a 1938 American Bantam Roadster sportscar
  • Rare 1890 photo of missionaries returning from China with a Chow dog
  • 1931 Mrs V.A. Mannooch of Choonam kennels with 5 beautiful chows . Glass plate negative
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  • 1920’S CAMPER CAR SNAPSHOT WITH CHOW
  • RESTORATION: 1920’s Woman in sailor dress with chow and car
  • 1905 bas relief postcard of Sing Loh from England -an extremely rare find
  • RESTORATION- 1921 photo set- Princess Loo Lee sired by Sum Sultan
  • RESTORATION- Circa 1920s Officer with Smooth chow by line of automobiles- unique and rare.
  • RESTORATION – 1944 Dunns Eat Shop – Old chow looking in – Little Rock Arkansas
  • RESTORATION – 1922 Ledgeland Red Bluff pictured with Mrs Stackpole
  • RESTORATION- 1921 Ja Pa Red Fad – 6 months of age at Westminster Kennel club dog show
  • RESTORATION- Early 1900’s little girl with her little ‘Chow’
  • RESTORATION – Circa 1916 Fashionable woman with her chow
  • RESTORATION – 1902 Baby with Chow on fur rug
  • RESTORATION- Circa 1940 Little girl posing with her Chow Gunga Din
  • RESTORATION – 1927 Dog Grooming shop with a Chow being pampered
  • RESTORATION-1914 Russian boy with his chow-RARE FIND
  • RESTORATION -Early 1900’s Childs Pedal car with a pipe smoking Chow
  • Circa 1920s-Lady and chow puppy by rare White automobile
  • 1920’s rare image by photographer H.R. Cremer of woman and her chow
  • RESTORATION- Circa 1900 England Gibson Girl and her dogs
  • RESTORATION -Early 1900’s large photo of woman and chow. Possibly Mrs Wagstaff?
  • RESTORATION- 1908 American Celebrity with his chow Fluffy Ruffles
  • RESTORATION-1920s well dressed woman with Chow in front of Goodyear sign
  • 1931 Real photo postcards of President & Grace Coolidge with their chow Tiny Tim
  • 1920’s Man/priest by a church with his chow
  • 1927 3 Press Photos of Grace Coolidge and the presidential Chow puppy Tiny Tim
  • RESTORATION- 1920’s Man with Chow on porch
  • RESTORATIONS- 1940’S AND 1952 Family moments with Chows
  • RESTORATIONS -1920’s NY College woman with Chow Puppy-New Paltz
  • RESTORATION- 1920’s Bathing Beauties with chow puppy
  • RESTORATION – 1938 Billie Mae and Shang
  • 1950’s 8mm films found of California Chow dog shows…priceless!
  • RESTORATION-1930’s US Navy man with his Chow mascot onboard ship
  • RESTORATION – 1920s Children with their wet Chow on the beach
  • RESTORATION – Beautiful early 1900’s gelatin silver photo headstudy of a chow
  • RESTORATION- 1918 Captain Massey and his two chows
  • RESTORATION- 1910 large format chow puppy photos
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