THE CHOWTALES PHOTO RESTORATION PROJECT

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RESTORATION – 1929 Packard convertible coupe with a man and his chow

I feel a “Charlestons” coming on!!! CIRCA 1929 – Chows in Automobiles are one of my all time favorite photo subjects!! This one is no exception. “Which Speakeasy are we going to next dad?” This little faded photo in my private collection turned out great with a little photoshop TLC. Its the ‘cats pajamas’ […]

RESTORATION- 1910 large format chow puppy photos

Yesterday I worked on restoring these 112 year old, Cira 1910 large format photos. This is so early in western chow history it makes me ponder was this puppy from England or a Chinese import. Very unusual to have such professional and large photos of a chow…..and a puppy no less The photo paper is […]

RESTORATION- 1918 Captain Massey and his two chows

1918 Captain Massey (Davidson) with his two chows was written on the back of this very faded 100+ year old press photo. I am still researching who this man was and where he served using newspaper articles as my guide. The nearest I can guess is he is Canadian. If anyone else can ID this […]