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CELEBRITY-1930s Florence George Opera singer /actress with chow

I have the original studio photo of this beautiful opera singer/actress Florence George” in my collection and love how the chow has his tongue all the way out in this shot. What incredible pigment this dog has!!!

1950s California Chow Specialty Show films are now digitized !

Back in February 2022, I posted about my Ebay find of 2 reels of 8mm film that featured Chow Specialty shows from the 1950s in California. (see collage above) I sent the reels out to a wonderful company called Memory Box to have them transferred digitally and here are the result of the transfer. The […]

1930’S THE STEIFF CHOW TOY STORY- Veedol and the Graf Zeppelin-NEW rare additions

A 1930s chow photo sets me off on an incredible journey to track down his origin. The path leads to a little chow puppy named Vee Dol ,the Graf Zeppelin, and the famous Steiff toy factory of Germany ~Sandra Miller Every once in a while one of the photos in my collection stops me in […]

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