When I received this amazing photo I had a couple of big surprises. One, is that it was such a large format on very heavy backing like a cabinet card. Two, when I converted this damaged sepia toned image to black and white and brought in more contrast, not only did the detailed leather harness […]
THE CHOWTALES PHOTO RESTORATION PROJECT
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LATE 1800’S Eton Schoolboy and his chow – Rare set of albumen prints
These two sepia “albumen prints” you see in the collage above are in my private collection. Both of the same Eton School boy with his Chow, in two different poses, presumably from the same photoshoot. To add to this rarity, I purchased each of these photographs from 2 different sources , years apart…both from the […]
Restoration projects – Early 1900’s women and chows
I have been working on restorations from my personal chow snapshots collection for a book I am planning that highlights Chows in imagery, from the late 1800’s until about the 1950s. I really hope I can find the time to get it all pulled together in 2016. Not all photos reveal as much detail as […]
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