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 […]

1930-1931 Album pages reveal love for Yen Sen

Pinching myself!! I still can’t believe that I was able to get such detail from this photo that surely would have been tossed out as worthless by many. I had my own doubts but had to try!! Hours of photoshop work went into this as it was my favorite of all 11 images purchased on […]