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"Curiouser and Curiouser!" said Alice......coined by Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland in 1865. When researching the worlds most ancient breed, you are bound to come across many strange and wonderful (and even some bizarre) curosities and "believe it or not" moments which I will post in this amusing category.
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UPDATED – Circa 1915-1917 Eleanor Roosevelt – WWI Nurses and Soldiers pictured with a Chow plus magazine cover

  This is by far one of the most unique and amazing photos in my personal collection, I can’t begin to tell you how intriguing this is to me…..the story this tells just screams out for more research.   Eleanor Roosevelt is in the center of the photo with her Chow?   Was this a Red Cross […]

CHOW CHOW….Relish the thought …How our Celestial breed may have been named

One of my favorite side collections that branched off from my vintage Chow searches is “foodie” themed. Antique Chow Chow relish labels (aka Piccalilli in England) are fun for me to collect because they will look great in a collage frame in my CHOWTIME themed kitchen. I’m working on putting that together this winter. As […]

CIRCA 1914 -CHOW MASCOTS OF THE ROYAL NAVY WW1

CIRCA 1914  – AN OFFICER IN FIGHTING KIT HOLDING HIS PET DOG, A CHOW CHOW, ON BOARD THE HMS OAK © IWM (Q 18067) Courtesy the Imperial War Museum….these three stunning photos of navy men with their chow mascots on board ship during WW1.  I have a number of photos from this era of “wartime chows” that […]

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